Reverse ticket
Jan 27, 2014 | 9:39 am
#1
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Reverse ticket
I am looking at flying from UK to GER on a Wednesday then return on the Thursday every week, it was very expensive doing it this way.
Is it ok to reverse my travel direction so:
Initially buy a single ticket for Wednesday week 1 UK to GER
then
Thursday week 1 GER to UK return Wednesday week 2
Thursday week 2 GER to UK return Wednesday week 3......
As I see it I am not nesting flights and I don't believe this is back to back booking either.
Come someone clarify this for me.
Cheers
Is it ok to reverse my travel direction so:
Initially buy a single ticket for Wednesday week 1 UK to GER
then
Thursday week 1 GER to UK return Wednesday week 2
Thursday week 2 GER to UK return Wednesday week 3......
As I see it I am not nesting flights and I don't believe this is back to back booking either.
Come someone clarify this for me.
Cheers
Jan 27, 2014 | 9:55 am
#2
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As far as the airlines are concerned, this should not be a problem. It has been done in the US for many years to minimize the cost effect of the "Saturday night stay" regulation on some airfares.
Jan 27, 2014 | 12:10 pm
#4
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Look carefully at the conditions of carriage of the airline you plan to use. I don't see how someone can state without qualification that what you plan to do repeatedly is OK.
Jan 27, 2014 | 12:35 pm
#5
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With respect, I can't conceive of any reason why that would not be OK, especially if you buy the initial positioning segment on a different airline.
Jan 27, 2014 | 7:45 pm
#6
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With a different airline, sure, but buying AAA-BBB-AAA RT and nesting within it lots of BBB-AAA-BBB RTs purchased at the same time would cause trouble with some FF programs, especially if the purpose was to avoid paying more because of minimum stay requirements.
Jan 27, 2014 | 7:59 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2009
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OP stated that he would buy a single ticket AAA-BBB (single means one way) to start. There is no nesting.