problems about booking a flight T_T

[erynaught 43]

More mis-information. Purchase whatever type of ticket you want. There is NO restriction or requirement.

Everyone I know always buys a round trip ticket because that is cheapest and NEVER EVER had any issue.

You guys are inventing issues that don't exist. Stop.

Actually, purchasing a round trip ticket when you only intend to use one leg of the journey, usually the outbound, is a violation of the contract of carriage you accept when you purchase tickets from most airlines. This scheme is called 'throwaway ticketing'. However, an airline isn't going to make an issue of it unless they see repeated use of this tactic and their means of tracking this information is mainly through frequent flier programs. The OP doesn't sound like they do much traveling, so it shouldn't be an issue.

I would recommend that if they go the RT route and do not intend to use the return leg that they call the airline and cancel the return leg with the simple explanation that they got married and decided to stay.

As previously mentioned, book online and avoid travel agents - they're about as useless as newspapers nowadays.

[Sveta & Ron 23]

i had always bought round trip tickets as they cheaper and after talking with delta and klm reps there advice was buy round trip as fee is lower if for some reason need the return ( unforseen problem once married/living together the visa holder has a way back home ) sveta return part of her ticket from last dec was march however everything is going good so it will be a ( no show ) loose the miles but I keep sveta

ps. nearly all airlines has people in standby should a seat become open for this reason

Edited February 28, 2013 by Sveta & Ron

[baron555 934]

I would recommend that if they go the RT route and do not intend to use the return leg that they call the airline and cancel the return leg

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And there you go.. This is what most people do. Buy the cheapest and cancel any that you don't use (you may actually get a partial refund, usually airport fees!!).