Open Jaw Tickets
 

I see a lot of references to Open Jaw Tickets but have never been able to configure one using the various Online ticketing sites. . is it something that only Agents can do for you? <BR> <BR>Thanks . . Rich

I have never booked a ticket through them, but trip.com offers this capability. They have separate views for one-way, round-trip and multiple destinations. You have to choose the latter and specify that the travel between your arriving airport and departing airport is by ground transportation.

Same with www.expedia.com and www.travelocity.com - - click on "Multiple destinations" - - booking directly on (some of) the airlines' web sites does not seem to facilitate this as readily. <BR>

Rich, <BR> <BR>Use the multi-city option instead of the Round trip. Look around and usually you will see some reference on the booking service about multi airports or other options. If you click on that you can fill in the three airports for the open jaw. For example JFK-Lisbon, and Rome-JFK. this will give you the open jaw ticket.

All of the ones I use (travel sites and airline sites) and have seen allow that very clearly, so I don't understand what you are doing wrong. You have to do the right thing and follow instructions and NOT check you want roundtrip, of course. For example, on Expedia, after you click on "Flights", you must then check that you want "multiple destinations" rather than "roundtrip" and you then get the appropriate forms. Perhaps if you were more explicit as to which sites you are using, it would become clearer. It's possible some cheap ticket consolidators do not allow that, if that's all you are using.

<BR> <BR>Quick and good responses. I guess I never noticed the "Multiple" options before. Still, when just I priced a Houston/Rome/Florence/London/Houston versus a Houston/Rome/Houston, the round trip was $800 and the "open jaw" was $1,100. I expected less difference. <BR> <BR>Thanks to all who responded . . Rich

IAH/ROM/FLR/LON/IAH is a "multisegment" trip - - not a "simple" open jaw. The deal is never as good on a multisegment ticket as on a simple open jaw. Taking FLR out of this would make it a simple open jaw. <BR>

Taking FLR out would result in a Round Trip wouldn't it? <BR> <BR>Anyway, I have learned something and it's not every day you can say that! <BR> <BR>Rich

Rich, <BR>An open jaw would be Houston-Rome, London-Houston. You would go overland (or cheap air) Rome-Florence-London. <BR> <BR>s