Cross-booking questions
 

I don't know if this is the correct forum for this. There are a lot of fare sale during the holiday season. Unfortunately they are broken up by the holidays and typically requires weekend stay. In order to take advantage of fare sales and meet the min stay requirements, I want to cross-book my trips:
Trip 1: Leaving day 1, coming back day 20
Trip 2: coming back day 5, leaving day 16

I am told by a friend that cross-booking is not allowed. Is that true? If so, why?Should I book trip 1 first, then wait a little while to book trip 2?

Thanks.

If you do this using two different airlines it's not a problem. If you do this using the same airline then it is a problem as far as the airline is concerned. I think it's called "nesting" and is against the rules. Someone else can probably explain the details of it better than me.

IT'S CALLED "BACK TO BACK'S" AND IF YOU USING THE SAME AIRLINE THEY REALLY DO NOT LIKE IT !!

I do it for business and i have not had a problem, but i know people who have had their tickets confiscated !

Sorry but I am a little confused. Would someone explain how does cross-booking actually work?

Go to www.rulesoftheair.com

Pick your airline and look at the rules for nested and back-to-back tickets.

Cross booking is called back to back booking. Here's how it is done:

You need to travel from JFK to SFO on Tuesday and return on Friday. Fare for this itinerary is $1,350. Insted of buying this ticket, you do the following: buy a ticket from JFK to SFO on the day you want to travel but with a bogus return date that involved a Saturday night stay.Price-$390. Then you buy a second ticket originating in SFO, going to JFK.Price-$390. The outbound portion of that ticket is the day you really want to return to JFK. You create another bogus return date on that ticket that also includes a Saturday night stay. This allows you to buy two highly restricted tickets that could be significantly cheaper than the one JFK-SFO you originally wanted. You end up travelling exactly when you wanted and you throw away the two unused portions unless it is a route you travel regularly, then you use the second portion of each ticket and beat the system again.

the way I have done it is by using two airlines. For example, I flew Delta to Europe but came back on United. Both are partners in some circles so the miles could go onto a partner airline. That way everybody wins.