Flying to Daughter's College Town, Flying Back Together: Booking Roundtrip and One-way
How do I go about the above (Flying to Daughter's College Town, Flying Back Together: Booking Roundtrip and One-way?)?
I want to fly to my daughter's city, then have her fly back home with me (seated together).
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Best Answer
I don't know which country you are in or which airline you intend to use, but many airlines will allow you to select the seat number during the online booking process. Most of the so-called low-cost airlines charge an extra fee for seat selection.
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How do you book round trip and one-way at the same time?
Book the flights required for one person, then book the second set of flights for the other person, making sure they are on the same flights (as required) for the second person. If that seems too difficult, phone the airline and tell them what you require and book with them over the phone.Do you pay for both flights on a round trip?
When flying domestically (within the same country), the cost of a roundtrip ticket is often equal to the sum of two one-ways. But, when you're traveling internationally, roundtrip tickets are often the better deal and, depending on the airline, can cost significantly less than the sum of two one-way tickets.What happens when you buy a round trip ticket and only use one-way?
Contact the airline before the day of the flight. Ask the company to modify the round-trip ticket for one-way usage. Although airlines practice a varying degree of flexibility, many airlines will modify a round-trip fare to allow one-way use, though some airlines may charge a penalty or fee for this service.How do you book a flight into one city and out of another?
To book an open-jaw itinerary, go to an airline's or online travel agency's website and click on the link reading \u201cMulti-city,\u201d \u201cAdvanced Search,\u201d or \u201cMore Search Options\u201d near the reservations form on the homepage. You will then see a page that will allow you to enter more than one city pair and date range.FIRST AEROBATIC FLIGHT LEA
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Answer 2
Within the US, there isn't round-trip pricing any more on most airlines; the price of a round trip is just the sum of the two one-ways. So you should buy:
- booking #1: a one-way ticket for you from your city to where your daughter is;
- booking #2: two one-way tickets for both of you for the return trip.
On the return trip both of you will be on the same reservation, so you should be able to sit together.
If this isn't a US domestic flight, I'm not sure if there's round-trip pricing, but you can easily get prices for tickets and see if there is or not.
The advantage of doing it this way (as opposed to buying a round-trip for you and a one-way for your daughter) is that if something goes wrong on the second leg the airline will make efforts to keep the two of you on the same plane.
(As it turns out I just got back from a trip within the US exactly like this, and I booked it in the way I described.)
Answer 3
It is possible on most airlines to "link" two separate reservations that have already been made. This effectively attaches a note to the two separately-booked itineraries saying in effect "these two people are traveling together, please seat them together and don't re-route them onto two separate flights if the original flight is cancelled." In general, you will need to call the airline's customer service line to link two reservations in this way.
That said, it is not clear to me (from reading accounts online) how often these "links" are respected, particularly by automated rebooking systems. It can't hurt to link the reservations, at least, but you may still need to be diligent about seat selection and/or rebookings.
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