Can I save money when flying twice to the same destination?

10/31/2017 2:09:01 PM

There used to be some tricks in this area if the airline sells significantly cheaper return tickets if the stay included a weekend. Some airlines did this on the assumption that the more price-sensitive leisure travel was more likely to include weekend stays than the less price-sensitive business travel.

Suppose you live in city A and need to be in city B on Tuesday and Wednesday of each of two consecutive weeks. The natural choice is two A to B return tickets, each outbound on Monday and inbound on Thursday of the same week. Neither includes a weekend:

Ticket 1 Outbound
Ticket 1 Inbound
Weekend
Ticket 2 Outbound
Ticket 2 Inbound

Now consider making Ticket 1 an A to B return, outbound on Monday of week 1, inbound on Thursday of week 2. Ticket 2 is a B to A return, outbound on Thursday of week 1, inbound on Monday of week 2. Each ticket has a weekend between the outbound and inbound flights:

Ticket 1 Outbound
Ticket 2 Outbound
Weekend
Ticket 2 Inbound
Ticket 1 Inbound

I think giving preference to weekend stays has become less common, so this is an obsolete technique.

Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

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