Booking individual legs on OW flight is much cheaper than booking it all as one res
May 2, 2017, 11:19 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA
Posts: 8
Booking individual legs on OW flight is much cheaper than booking it all as one res
Help - Booking legs individually on this one way flight is a lot less (points) than booking it straight through as a single res.
Booking as one flight:
SJU-OKC, May 20 2:35pm-10:15pm 55,100pts (layover in HOB)
Booking legs individually:
SJU-HOB, May 20 2:35pm-6:35pm 21,138pts
HOB-OKC, May 20 8:55pm-10:15pm 10,242pts
Total 31,380pts
We are checking bags, so I'm not sure I can book them as individual flights.
Is this a common issue? Can we book the legs individually like this without having to recheck bags in Houston?
Any advice? I searched but only found one thread discussing this, but it was from 4 years ago.
Thanks!
Booking as one flight:
SJU-OKC, May 20 2:35pm-10:15pm 55,100pts (layover in HOB)
Booking legs individually:
SJU-HOB, May 20 2:35pm-6:35pm 21,138pts
HOB-OKC, May 20 8:55pm-10:15pm 10,242pts
Total 31,380pts
We are checking bags, so I'm not sure I can book them as individual flights.
Is this a common issue? Can we book the legs individually like this without having to recheck bags in Houston?
Any advice? I searched but only found one thread discussing this, but it was from 4 years ago.
Thanks!
May 2, 2017, 11:30 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Programs: Chase Sapphire Reserve, WFBF
Posts: 1,573
You are doing what is known as forcing a fare break. What happens if you search for it using the multi-city search? Sometimes that will allow you to force a fare break and still book it all on one ticket.
If you book it as two separate tickets (a) you may have trouble checking bags and (b) if the schedule changes in such a way that it is no longer a through flight-- doubtful given that the travel is not far out-- you may have issues getting rebooked. However, on points you can always cancel and rebook if the lower price becomes available for the through flight.
If you book it as two separate tickets (a) you may have trouble checking bags and (b) if the schedule changes in such a way that it is no longer a through flight-- doubtful given that the travel is not far out-- you may have issues getting rebooked. However, on points you can always cancel and rebook if the lower price becomes available for the through flight.
May 2, 2017, 11:33 am
#3
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,813
Checking your flights for some reason the are no WGA fares SJU-OKC but there are WGA fares on both legs, not sure why that happened.
Try booking is as a "custom itinerary" using the multi city option. It looks like that will work.
Most of the time you can check bags through on that kind of itinerary, but you probably need to tell the person at the ticket counter.
The only other option would be to call and see if you can book it over the phone.
Good luck.
Try booking is as a "custom itinerary" using the multi city option. It looks like that will work.
Most of the time you can check bags through on that kind of itinerary, but you probably need to tell the person at the ticket counter.
The only other option would be to call and see if you can book it over the phone.
Good luck.
May 2, 2017, 12:53 pm
#6
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA
Posts: 8
Thank you for the responses.
Yes, HOU, sorry about that.
So I will book it as Multi City flight and tell them at SJU to check backs through to OKC.
This flight (SJU to OKC) is actually the return flight (after vacation). So I will have to cancel that original entire RT res, then rebook OKC to SJU as one-way, then book SJU to OKC using the method above.
Let me know if this does not sound right. Thanks again!
Yes, HOU, sorry about that.
So I will book it as Multi City flight and tell them at SJU to check backs through to OKC.
This flight (SJU to OKC) is actually the return flight (after vacation). So I will have to cancel that original entire RT res, then rebook OKC to SJU as one-way, then book SJU to OKC using the method above.
Let me know if this does not sound right. Thanks again!