Hefty $ Difference Between One Way And Return Segment
Jan 11, 2022 | 11:38 am
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Hefty $ Difference Between One Way And Return Segment
I've been looking at booking flights to Paris and have been searching return and/or one way segments. The same leg of a return flight is $300 more than the one way return flight. I've not seen this before. Will Westjet honor the lower leg price on a return ticket? The wait time to call and ask is ridiculous at the moment. Thanks for your help.
Edit... should have mentioned that's I'd like to use my companion voucher.
Edit... should have mentioned that's I'd like to use my companion voucher.
Last edited by stoddaj1; Jan 11, 2022 at 7:11 pm
Jan 11, 2022 | 12:10 pm
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I've been looking at booking flights to Paris and have been searching return and/or one way segments. The same leg of a return flight is $300 more than the one way return flight. I've not seen this before. Will Westjet honor the lower leg price on a return ticket? The wait time to call and ask is ridiculous at the moment. Thanks for your help.
Last edited by aerobod; Jan 11, 2022 at 12:17 pm
Jan 11, 2022 | 1:44 pm
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I've been looking at booking flights to Paris and have been searching return and/or one way segments. The same leg of a return flight is $300 more than the one way return flight. I've not seen this before. Will Westjet honor the lower leg price on a return ticket? The wait time to call and ask is ridiculous at the moment. Thanks for your help.
If you really want to save money, return flights from Europe are cheaper still, although that would likely only be practical for Canadians who travel to/from Europe frequently.
Jan 11, 2022 | 7:09 pm
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Normally the return flight would be priced in CAD $ for a Canadian originating outbound flight. A one-way flight often will be priced in the currency of the origin, i.e. Euros in the case of Paris. Did you take any currency conversion into account when comparing the prices?
Jan 11, 2022 | 7:14 pm
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In that case, the return price is the one you have to work with - they won't re-price it to the 2 x one way price.
As mentioned above, the cheaper return fare option is to book your flights return from Europe. Unless you're planning a few European trips from Canada in the next 11 months (so you could embed your from Europe return in the middle), this probably isn't a viable option.
As mentioned above, the cheaper return fare option is to book your flights return from Europe. Unless you're planning a few European trips from Canada in the next 11 months (so you could embed your from Europe return in the middle), this probably isn't a viable option.