azepine00

Heading to Yellowstone/Tetons that weekend... Booked at T-330...
My SLC-PIH have been zeroed out for months for that weekend (and IDA etc are not any better).. looks like a lot of folks are heading in that direction...

RacingJunkie

Live within an area that will be 95%, but didn't care and am going to Canada for the week the prior Friday.

The Situation

I am doing an eclipse run. I purchased two one-way fully refundable tickets rather than a roundtrip and I just want to make sure there are no flaws in my logic. If both fully refundable, I really don't see any obvious benefits to booking a roundtrip. If things go south (weather forecast changes (I am not going if its going to be cloudy), irrops, etc.) I can cancel both tickets and get my money back. Once everything is a go, and I am fully committed, am I able to change my refundable ticket into a nonrefundable fare if the nonrefundable fare on the day of travel is lower (it probably wont be, but you never know)? This was the primary reason I booked one-ways. Anything I am missing?

koreanair720

Flying into pdx on Saturday. Going to a wedding (!) Monday morning in McMinnville, oregob, DURING the eclipse. (Yes, my friends are oregon hippies.) Then catching a Monday night redeye out of pdx.

JohnnyRockets

You can't change. Just cancel and rebook. It will be an extra hit on your credit line before it gets refunded.


PDX flights from Sat-Mon prices are crazy!!!

Austin787

I'm booked on a ticket to JAC. Arrive Sunday afternoon and plan to spend some time enjoying the natural beauty. On Monday I plan to watch the eclipse at JAC airport then catching my 12:45pm fight home. JAC hotels and flights are sky high!

JohnnyRockets

Eclipse with Yellowstone backdrop would be spectacular.

koreanair720

rly? Bought mine several months ago for nornal prices

pbjag

I live in Florida but now need to be in Houston on the 22nd.
Strategizing options to build an eclipse stopover (Nashvilke?) into travel plans
Hmm-just realized that a good friend lives about 40 minutes from Hopkinsville; time to touch base this weekend!

MSPeconomist

The advantage of having two refundable one way tickets rather than a refundable RT would be that if you had to make other arrangements for the outbound, such as another carrier or driving, missing the first leg would not cancel the remainder of your ticket. For the eclipse, for example, if you made a last minute weather related change and decided to see it a different location, you would still be able to use your original ticket/reservation to fly home. It gives you more flexibility, where the usual reasons for buying the RT would be to avoid the possibility of having to pay two change fees and to save money with RT fares that can be cheaper than two one ways. On international tickets, the total taxes and fees can depend on whether you book as two OWs versus a RT, including on award tickets.

guller

Used miles and booked Flight 2466 PDX to ATL. Should be sweet!

JohnnyRockets

Good for you. Bad for RM.^

Let's hope your flight path is directly following the eclipse. Just do the math to see roughly where you will catch it. Good luck^^

guller

Yeah, I used 320,000 miles to set up a 3 day trip (all first). I would be super bummed if I missed it.

JSprague24

My mom had considered flying CMH-ATL on the way to DAB picking up the 12:45 departure from CMH, which would've taken her through the path of the eclipse as it started and had her in ATL during its peak.

She eventually decided against it in case something happened and it didn't work out right.

JohnnyRockets

What was her alternative. If I still need to make the trip and likely miss the total eclipse anyway I would give it a shot. Even ATL isn't total but still more than CMH.