Oneway pricing in Europe
Jun 21, 2023, 11:59 pm
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Oneway pricing in Europe
I was under the impression that oneway flights within Europe were pretty much the segment prices of a return trip; at least this has been the case in the past 5 or 6 years. Turns out I am very wrong. I just tried to book a flight from VIE to CGN with OS and it prices 3x compared to the same segment as part of a return trip. Is that an anomaly or the norm these days?
Jun 22, 2023, 2:31 am
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Very interesting and at least it’s good to hear that reasonable one ways still exist on some routes. 500 euros for VIE to CGN in seems a little excessive, particularly for a random Q fare eco light… the same segment on a return tomorrow with outbound today would have been under 200 euros…
Jun 22, 2023, 2:53 am
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With LHG o/w fare is never half of the return fare. Books into different booking class or fare type. Buying 2 LHG o/w tickets always turns out (way) more expensive than buying a return ticket. AFAIK it has always been like that. Very different from SAS, FR or other LLC.
Jun 23, 2023, 1:23 am
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Glad to hear I remember this correctly even though I did not have all the details. On most of the routes I was looking for for this trip VIE to either CGN, DUS or BER there was virtually no competition except a few EW flights which are not really competition. Anyway, I find the return pricing vs. one-way quite annoying but it is what it is.
Jun 23, 2023, 7:23 am
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Glad to hear I remember this correctly even though I did not have all the details. On most of the routes I was looking for for this trip VIE to either CGN, DUS or BER there was virtually no competition except a few EW flights which are not really competition. Anyway, I find the return pricing vs. one-way quite annoying but it is what it is.
Jun 23, 2023, 8:48 am
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I was under the impression that oneway flights within Europe were pretty much the segment prices of a return trip; at least this has been the case in the past 5 or 6 years. Turns out I am very wrong. I just tried to book a flight from VIE to CGN with OS and it prices 3x compared to the same segment as part of a return trip. Is that an anomaly or the norm these days?