I was pricing one way flights to Europe and noticed that the cost is twice as much as a round trip ticket. Yes, I am coming back, but that will be by boat. Other than purchasing a round trip ticket and disregarding the return flight (which in the fine print says the airline can penalize you for doing)does anyone know how to buy a one way ticket for the cost of the cheaper round trip ticket?

Have you tried pricing the tickets on European airline websites such as British Airways, Lufthansa, etc.? Perhaps that will have a better deal than the U.S. airlines. I've only done one-way inter-Europe flights, but it may be worth a shot.

Good luck!
Tracy

This should be posted on the Europe board, but your options include:

- Check with a consolidator or an agent that fare get fares from consolidators. They often have unpublished one-way fare that's not too expensive.

- If you're going on a cruise, have the cruise company book the fare for you. They do this all the time for lots of their clients.

- Consider Maxjet, an all-business class airline from US to London-Stansted that prices their flight per leg.

- Throw away the return. You don't need to worry about the airline penalizing you. If you do it just once, they'll not come after you.

Hi Katie45,

I've been looking into one-way flights too for our trip to Mongolia. We're coming back but wanted to make a stop in Europe and China so the airfare would not be directly round trip. No matter what site I've visited, it is definitely cheaper round-trip. I'm not sure how to get around this either, but tcreath's suggestion might work. Keep us posted as to what you find out.

Just get a R/T and throw away the return.

I guarantee it - NOTHING will happen!

Have a great trip!