Using two return flights at the same time? MAN-NYC-LAS-NYC-MAN?

lauh88

Hi, I'm beginning to plan a trip to America in April for me and my boyfriend. We want to visit New York and Las Vegas.
Flights from Manchester-NYC-Las Vegas-Manchester are working out around £950 each, whereas flights MAN-NYC-LAS-NYC-MAN (a return within a return, if that makes sense!) are around £675 each.
Of course the double return will take longer but it will save us a lot of money.

Does anyone know whether travelling this way is against any rules or might cause us problems? I've factored in leaving enough time to check in for our home flight, but not sure whether this is a good idea!

Any other advice re: USA travel (particularly NYC and Las Vegas) would be appreciated. I've already sorted our Esta forms!

Thanks!

dmg24

There is no reason why that should be a problem as you are not backtracking per se. Are the flights all booked on the same ticket?

lauh88

dmg24 wrote: »

There is no reason why that should be a problem as you are not backtracking per se. Are the flights all booked on the same ticket?

Thanks for your reply. No, the MAN-NYC return is a different airline than the NYC-LAS return. Would that create a problem?

getmore4less

Have you looked at one way prices back from the US?

I use 1800flyeurope and bt-store to check these.


Also look at travel through a european hub expecialy the outbound.


There should be no problem with seperate ticketing you can throw away the return parts.

Another option might be a holiday package

Is it important which you do first

Caz3121

No issue with doing this however I would recommend you stop in New York on both trips as, due to it being separate ticketing, if you wanted to do LAS-NYC-MAN in one trip and there was any delay with the LAS-NYC you would be on your own and needing to stump up for another flight.
Not sure of your dates but on kayak you can check multicity - Continental may be an option if you decide to do it all on one ticket

AHAR

Many travel insurance policies will only cover missed departure/delay/cancellation of the flights which are on the ticket to and from the UK.

richardw

Is MAN-NYC and LAS-MAN reasonably priced on one ticket? with just NYC-LAS separate on a no frills airline http://www.jetblue.com/wherewejet/ stopping off at NYC at the start of your trip?

lauh88

richardw wrote: »

Is MAN-NYC and LAS-MAN reasonably priced on one ticket? with just NYC-LAS separate on a no frills airline http://www.jetblue.com/wherewejet/ stopping off at NYC at the start of your trip?

Thanks, that is working out about the same (£675ish) but would save us going via NYC on the way home which is good.

Thanks for everyone's comments and info so far, it's all really helpful!