Cheapest one-way ticket Vegas-London in June

goingtothedogs

If anyone had any tips, i'd be really appreciate it

We are off to Vegas in June and need to get a one-way flight home on 6 June to London. These seem really expensive though, eg, one-ways on BA is £1,000. Are we allowed to buy a return flight (£500) and not use the outward portion of it? (We are flying in to NYC and going on to Vegas, but bought the nyc flight a while ago ...)

Thanks very much!

ajb69

I'm afraid not - if you don't show up for the outward portion, then the return is cancelled automatically (to stop people doing this).

ajb69

Looking at https://www.kayak.co.uk, by the way, I can see a one-way flight advertised on opodo.co.uk for £586 on the 6th - American to LAX and then Air New Zealand (very nice) to LHR. Any help?

neilbond007

Look at buying LAS - LHR - LAS ticket instead of a LHR - LAS - LHR one

goingtothedogs

ooh thanks so much everyone.

Is it okay to buy a return from Vegas to London and not go back to Vegas then? I heard something about them being allowed to charge you the more expensive single fare if you don't turn up for the final leg?

jammin_2

goingtothedogs wrote: »

Is it okay to buy a return from Vegas to London and not go back to Vegas then?

Yes.

goingtothedogs wrote: »

I heard something about them being allowed to charge you the more expensive single fare if you don't turn up for the final leg?

What are they going to do, post you out an invoice? No. There is no compulsion to take a flight you have paid for if you do not wish to take it.

richardw

jammin wrote: »

What are they going to do?

If the terms and conditions do not allow fare abusing, they might charge your card.

jammin_2

richardw wrote: »

If the terms and conditions do not allow fare abusing, they might charge your card.

"fare abusing"? Come on now! Once again, there is no compulsion to take a flight you have paid for if you do not wish to take it.

richardw

Yes, it is called 'fare abusing'.

Delta paid IT specialists to update their computer systems to find them and charge them.

Click on international conditions of carriage

http://www.delta.com/legal/contract_of_carriage/index.jsp

, go to page 49, rule 65 section P)

jammin_2

richardw wrote: »

Yes, it is called 'fare abusing'.

Delta paid IT specialists to update their computer systems to find them and charge them.

Ok so, you book a return flight from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines, but decide not to come home.

You're saying that you think Malaysia Airlines have a right to charge you for not using using the return leg if their Ts & Cs say so?

jammin_2

richardw wrote: »

Yes, it is called 'fare abusing'.

Delta paid IT specialists to update their computer systems to find them and charge them.

Click on international conditions of carriage

http://www.delta.com/legal/contract_of_carriage/index.jsp

, go to page 49, rule 65 section P)

Ah, I see you edited your post.

I read page 49, rule 65 section P. For the benefit of others, it says:

P)
BACK TO BACK/THROWAWAY/HIDDEN CITY TICKETING- Delta specifically prohibits the practices commonly known as: "BACK TO BACK TICKETING" - the issuance, purchase or usage of flight coupons from two or more tickets issued at round trip fares, or the combination of two or more round-trip excursion fares end to end on the same ticket for the purpose of circumventing minimum stay requirements; "THROWAWAY TICKETING" - the issuance, purchase or usage of round trip excursion fares for one-way travel; "HIDDEN CITY TICKETING" - the issuance, purchase or usage of a fare from a point before the passengers' actual origin or to a point beyond the passenger's actual destination.

(bolding is mine).

Delta can "specifically prohibit" the practice commonly known as "THROWAWAY TICKETING", but they can't stop it happening. If people decide not to come home / make use of their return flight, Delta's "prohibition" effectively means nothing.