Waterlily777 Posted April 3, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have my main tickets booked for my upcoming cruise, but I will need a one-way ticket for an internal European flight. The price for a one way ticket is 20% more than the price for a return trip ticket for this intra-European flight. Does anyone have any experience with booking a return ticket, and then not showing up for the return portion of the flight? Will there be any problems if I phone and cancel the return portion of the ticket after I have completed the outbound leg of the trip? Will the airline try to charge me for the difference in price, i.e. charge me for the extra 20% the one way flight would have cost. Does Choice Air ever sell tickets for an intra-European flight? I appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able to provide. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooz4fun Posted April 3, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have my main tickets booked for my upcoming cruise, but I will need a one-way ticket for an internal European flight. The price for a one way ticket is 20% more than the price for a return trip ticket for this intra-European flight. Does anyone have any experience with booking a return ticket, and then not showing up for the return portion of the flight? Will there be any problems if I phone and cancel the return portion of the ticket after I have completed the outbound leg of the trip? Will the airline try to charge me for the difference in price, i.e. charge me for the extra 20% the one way flight would have cost. Does Choice Air ever sell tickets for an intra-European flight? I appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able to provide. Thanks!! I've done this before on flights within Europe and even between South America and the US without a problem. Never bothered to call, just didn't check-in or show up. I guess I jsut missed my flight and since it's non-refundable, I'm out of luck (wink, wink). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcpa1 Posted April 3, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Waterlily, You can get a great deal of help if you post this on the Cruise Air forum under the Discussions topics a little farther down the page. Please include cities and dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squadra03 Posted April 3, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have my main tickets booked for my upcoming cruise, but I will need a one-way ticket for an internal European flight. The price for a one way ticket is 20% more than the price for a return trip ticket for this intra-European flight. Does anyone have any experience with booking a return ticket, and then not showing up for the return portion of the flight? Will there be any problems if I phone and cancel the return portion of the ticket after I have completed the outbound leg of the trip? Will the airline try to charge me for the difference in price, i.e. charge me for the extra 20% the one way flight would have cost. Does Choice Air ever sell tickets for an intra-European flight? I appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able to provide. Thanks!! Living in Europe and flying quite a lot for the job, I do this all the time. Never had any problems. I never cancelled the return flight. Another trick you can use because tickets tend to be cheaper when you stay longer and there is a WE included and when you have to go twice in a short period to the same place is buying two tickets in reversed order. EG: You buy one return ticket Brussels - Rome and a return ticket Rome Brussels. You go with your first leg of your first ticket (brussels - rome), you return with your first leg of your second ticket (rome-brussels). You go the second time with the return of your second ticket (brussels - rome) and than you return with the return ticket of your first ticket (rome - brussels). Also this one can save a lot of money in the strange world of airline tickets price setting... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbsie65 Posted April 3, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have my main tickets booked for my upcoming cruise, but I will need a one-way ticket for an internal European flight. The price for a one way ticket is 20% more than the price for a return trip ticket for this intra-European flight. Does anyone have any experience with booking a return ticket, and then not showing up for the return portion of the flight? Will there be any problems if I phone and cancel the return portion of the ticket after I have completed the outbound leg of the trip? Will the airline try to charge me for the difference in price, i.e. charge me for the extra 20% the one way flight would have cost. Does Choice Air ever sell tickets for an intra-European flight? I appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able to provide. Thanks!! There are many European airlines who offer one way fares especially the low cost ones - where are you flying between? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_T Posted April 3, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I've looked at BA and they don't seem to rip people of for one way European flights... I think it's just international flights were it gets stupid! I've used BA twice for flying to Rome/barca to pick up transatlantic cruises and never penalised for booking a one way ticket... Good luck! [emoji41] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted April 3, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 3, 2015 We need the route and date to help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterlily777 Posted April 3, 2015 Author #8 Share Posted April 3, 2015 We need the route and date to help you out. Thanks.... It's kind of an odd flight....Norwich International to Barcelona, September 30, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted April 3, 2015 #9 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks.... It's kind of an odd flight....Norwich International to Barcelona, September 30, 2015. KLM, oneway 346 Euro. Layover in Amsterdam. Great airport, won't be bored. See http://www.skyscanner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterlily777 Posted April 3, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted April 3, 2015 KLM, oneway 346 Euro. Layover in Amsterdam. Great airport, won't be bored. See http://www.skyscanner.com Yes, that is the one we are looking at, but it's $500 one way, and just over $300 return. :rolleyes: Thanks to everyone that replied. Your responses are reassuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted April 3, 2015 #11 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Can you take the train to London? They'll be tons of cheap flights to Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreestyleNovice Posted April 3, 2015 #12 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Yes, that is the one we are looking at, but it's $500 one way, and just over $300 return. :rolleyes: Thanks to everyone that replied. Your responses are reassuring. Ryanair from London Stansted, one way 39 Euro. Even a great 8.15-11.30am flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYKWIA Posted April 3, 2015 #13 Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Can you take the train to London? They'll be tons of cheap flights to Barcelona. My thoughts exactly -I'm getting £256 with a journey time of 5 hours and 5 mins from Norwich Alternatively £28 with Ryanair from London Stansted and journey time of 2 hrs 15 mins (Google flight search) Train from Norwich to Stanstead would take about 2 hours and would need to change in London but with a single fare £14 (advance) -£30 (anytime) National Express coaches also run a service from Norwich to Stansted taking about 2 and half hours with fares for about £20 Edited April 3, 2015 by DYKWIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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