imnxcguy

I'm a rookie at the air travel scene, especially international. I'm going to Europe for a year to study, leaving mid-August 2011, but not coming back until mid-July. Airlines won't let me book that far in advance. One way tickets (say, SFO to London, using, say KLM or British Air for examples) are around $1,400.

Using the same airlines, I've found some round trip fares for around $1,100 to $1,200 TOTAL, if I put in a "dummy" date in May.

Also, searching some of the discount web fares, I can sometimes find a one way for around $800.

What's the best way to go about booking something like this? Go with the Round Trip flight and then pay a change fee later on? Or just buy a one way and until I can buy the other one way when it's available, and just search for the best deal?

Thanks for any help.

Mark

esm

Try sta travel:

http://www.statravel.com/

they are good for situations like you and many students who study abroad use them.

clevelandbrown

If you have a sponsoring school at home, ask their advice. But it may just be to try sta travel, which seems to have a good reputation.

kybourbon

For some reason STA offers better change fees than you can book yourself. Even students that aren't traveling for a year use them because they can change their return cheaper/easier. My daughter used them when she was studying in Spain for 6 months and wasn't sure about her return date. I do think you have to purchase an international student ID (search ISIC) to use them though.

qwovadis

airtech.com very cost effective way to do this

www.airtransat.ca super cheap sales this year over there 2...

might be worth a journey up there to save...

qwovadis

cheapoair.com

has the cheapest US RT usually NYC LON or AMS

u can price this plus change fee usually not cheaper

than budget one way.

kayak.com/buzz good also for month to month screening