My boyfriend wants to fly from his home state to mine for christmas and stay a few days and I want to go back with him to where he's from for new years. The thing is is that I will be coming back to my home state alone. What is the best way for me to set up the flights and us be able to sit beside each other on the way to his home state?

I like to book directly with the airline.
You can select seats next to each other.

The best ways are to either book directly with the airline and choose your seats then or get a travel agent to book your flights.

For most US destinations, one-way fares are half RT fares. I would do this as 3 one-way trips.

So he books his flight to you as a one-way fare. Then you book the flight back with him as one-way trip for both of you - indicating on the booking form that there are 2 passengers. It will later ask for both of your names and info. And then you book your return home as a one-way trip. You select seats when you book.

I would go to kayak.com and research flight options - you can sort by price, departure time, number of stops. Then go directly to the airline site to actually book the flights. You may find that different airlines work best for different legs of this trip.

It sounds like you each need a round trip ticket. Round trips are usually cheaper than one-ways. You can either book on line or with the airline you choose. You can select your seats at booking.

Book your ticket first and look for an open row of seats so that when you book his ticket (immediately afterwards) you can get seats together on that ONE segment that you fly together.


I've done this any number of times on United. I just did it in July for 3 of us, sharing only one segment of 3 differing schedules and departure airports. We sat together without any problems. I did it on line. I booked the three tickets, one after the other, in a matter of minutes. It can be done, and without paying big time for one-way tickets.

>>It sounds like you each need a round trip ticket. Round trips are usually cheaper than one-ways.<<

Not usually for domestic flights - see gail's post. I'd do the 3 one way bookings myself.

And if you are talking about cities served by Southwest it is a no brainer.