Because I'm using miles to get to Europe, I only need to buy a one way ticket to get back to the U.S.. Since it's actually more expensive to buy the one way (Paris--New York) than the round trip (Paris--New York and then New York--Paris), is it ok to buy that round trip and just not use the last leg? Since I'll already be home, the airline obviously can't pull my ticket but can they impose fines? any other repercussions?

Thank you.

That's weird that your round ticket would be cheaper than a one way ticket on miles.

I'm flying on AA miles and each leg is the same 30k miles each way, round trip 60k. My ex is using United to bring my son to me and each leg is 55k miles or 110k round trip to Rome. Open jaw or multiple destination should be the same miles, check on that before you lock yourself on going and coming back from the same place on miles.

I've done it before. RT Rome to Paris and back was way cheaper than one way a few years ago, and I and my kids bought the RT tickets and just used the one leg. Can't imagine what the airline could do after the fact (they did nothing to us). They get seats freed up that they can sell again, so it's no loss to them.

is it ok to buy that round trip and just not use the last leg? Since I'll already be home, the airline obviously can't pull my ticket but can they impose fines? any other repercussions?

Oh, I missed this!
I was going to do that, coming back from Europe with a roundtrip ticket and they told me that the second leg can be used next year in the event I wanted to go back to Europe. It's valid up to one year of issue, so you may end up winnig if you want to return to Europe next year.

Yes, you can do this - just don't tell the airline in advance that you plan to do so. The bit pooky mentioned about validity for a year may or may not apply to the fare you purchase, though. If there is a chance you would use the return leg to go back you should call the airline (<u>after</u> you arrive back home but before the date of the return flight) and cancel the reservation. Many discount fares expire and are worthless if you simply do not show up for the scheduled return.
What airline?

Aer Lingus usually has cheaper one way tickets.

If in the end you have to buy a R/T ticket to make it more cost effective, why not redeposit the miles ( if you already hissued that ticket) and buy a R/T New York to Paris? That way you'll have your miles for a future ocassion.

I agree with cruise.

Normally it will cost $250 to redeposit transatlantic miles, but at least you still have the miles. There are no problems with not using a return ticket since you already spent the miles. But why do this at all?

Why can you not just do the R/T with miles, doing an open jaw. Most airlines allow you to fly into one place and out of another and on an international flight they will also do the internal leg as part of the same mile usage (assuming you wanted to fly into one place, say Rome and out of another, Paris)

As it is, you are going to use up the miles for a R/T fare and then buy a R/T fare. I just don't understand the logic behind this

dave

MarshallL--Miles scenarios aside, I can tell you that we just did the same thing on a return within Spain. We just needed to get from Granada to Madrid, and when a low RT fare popped up after I watched the price for a month, I thought for sure the OW would be 1/2 that price or just a bit more. NO--for some reason, the RT was 1/2 the OW price.

So I booked it. When we checked in, the flight agent looked at our RT date (the next day) and wondered about it. I told her the truth. And she just smiled.

So we did not get in trouble. But in retrospect, I should have made the return much later just in case there was some policy.

The fee for miles redeposit depends on the airline. For example, on Continental it is $75 for non Elite members, less for travelers with status.

I forgot to mention to the OP that I have booked R/T and only used one leg several times with no problem.