One Way Flights From Usa

theloft

We are having problems trying to get a one-way flight from New York (JFK) next year with BA. We are travelling out to Canada initially. Our problem is that I have enough BA miles for me and my wife, but our 2 friends will have to pay money.
1. If you book direct with BA you have to pay all the fare up front. 2. A return flight is cheaper than the one-way leg from the USA, but a man at BA I spoke to, to ask why- said it was illegal to buy a return ticket and not use the return half! He said this prevents other passengers from using the seats. "What if I cancelled the return leg then" says I ! "Then we have your credit card number and would charge you the cost of the one-way ticket" ! he replied.
Any comments or information would be most helpful - Thankyou.

hammy_the_hammer

i don't know your circumstances but i looked on BA's site and as an example there's only £1 difference between a london to toronto ..returning from new york to london fare (open jaw ticket) and a basic london to new york return. i just chose the same dates in june for comparison.
don't know whether this is of any use to you

theloft

hammy_the_hammer wrote:

i don't know your circumstances but i looked on BA's site and as an example there's only £1 difference between a london to toronto ..returning from new york to london fare (open jaw ticket) and a basic london to new york return. i just chose the same dates in june for comparison.
don't know whether this is of any use to you

Thanks, but not any help. There is a considerable difference between costs from NY.

zappahey

We did this last year from California using Virgin. We bought a return ticket and just ditched the return leg.

It's definitely not illegal and they can't charge your card without your permission.

andrewmoorcroft

theloft wrote:

said it was illegal to buy a return ticket and not use the return half! He said this prevents other passengers from using the seats.

Complete rubbish. Ive frequentlty not used the return ticket. Does he not think that using the return ticket might prevent other passanges using your seat also? Sounds like a complet plonka! Most full flights have people on standby. At the last moment they give the spare seats to these people even if the flight is fully booked.

bazza1603

Hi,

Try Aerlingus Via Dublin. There fares work like Easyjet...

Best regards

Baz

https://www.theairlineguide.co.uk