Hi All...

A little confused on this one--don't think I should have trouble...But I just wanted to make sure. I'm flying ORD-NRT-SIN on an open jaw returning HKG-NRT-ORD on an AA booking. The HKG-NRT leg is on Cathay pacific. In order to get to HKG from SIN (my friends and I are doing a bit of hopping around asia before) I purchased a RT web-fare ticket on cathay that leaves HKG for SIN on Sep 6th in the PM (rt because OW was 800SGD as opposed to 350 for the rt.) I leave HKG to return home on the 6th in the AM (obviously the PM flight will end up being a no-show) Will I have any problems with Cathay on this one? Both reservations are in the system and have been for a few days and no problems so far.

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Assume you bought a return excursion fare between SIN-HKG-SIN because it was cheaper than a one-way SIN-HKG? As long as carriers continue to offer cheaper return fares than one-way fares, they know a good number of such bookings are going to be abandoned on the return leg. I don't expect you will have any problems as long as you don't try to use or have refunded the unused portion. Depending upon terms of the ticket for changes, you might have occasion to use the return with the year if you are ever in that part of the world, but you'd have to book the change in advance of the final departure date of the return segment.

I don't even think this would be considered a nested ticket in terms that this practice is generally considered.

Thanks much, shareholder! Thats what i thought...just wanted make sure

Honestly, CX and other asian carriers don't care what you do to the reservations... as long as you're flying them. For most tickets in asia, there really isn't a necessity to buy even a back to back ticket. Most tickets can be bought even up to an hour prior to departure at the discounted rate.