Return date earlier than Departure date on the same flight booking
I was just trying to make a booking and accidentally provided a return date earlier than the departing date. I found that the departing date had reset to null. I tried it on Lufthansa. Later when I tried it on Emirates and Air New Zealand they also behaved similarly. However, now I am wondering is it not possible to book airline tickets with return date earlier than the departing date. Assume that I am leaving Auckland at around 1AM and the return from Honolulu is around 19:00 the previous evening. How do I get that booking done as a single ticket? Or are there special flights which operate across the International Date Line and it is possible to make these types of booking only on those airlines?
EDIT
Ok, I did a search on United website and found out these combinations:
Tokyo (HND) to SFO Departure: 00:30 (Aug 3rd) Arrival: 18:00 (Aug 2nd)
SFO to HND Departure: 19:50 (Aug 2nd) Arrival: 22:35 (Aug 3rd)
All departure and arrival times are local times. But it did not allow me to book as a single ticket.
This scenario might not be realistic. But if i am traveller using the web interface for booking a multi-city trip, say from Tokyo to San Francisco and then on the same day to Orlando or something of that sort. Then the system would fail right?
Best Answer
It's unlikely there any 'special' flights.
If you're trying to book these on a web site, what you're hitting is just basic data validation in the form itself. The web app checks that 'return date' is equal or later then 'departure date' and doesn't take into account the very small number of flights or travelers that would fly AKL-HNL-AKL in the same day.
If you call the airline directly, they can book this no problem.
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