The future is one way?

[fersea]

I was just having a look at the Qantas Asia sale and noticed they were selling one way fares. Is this new for Asian destinations?

Of course there have always been one way fares but they have been much greater than half an economy ticket especially for red edeals.

Will we see a future where all airlines move to selling tickets one way? All domestic airlines do it and it has been commonplace with NZ flights for some time. LCC have traditionally sold all tickets as one way.

Is this a new beginning in air ticket sales. I invite you to share you opinion.

 

[Mattg]

I don't have any issues with buying tickets one way, as long as the return leg is roughly the same price or cheaper. I hate when (usually LCC) airlines advertise one-way fares, e.g. $99 when a return fare cannot be reasonably bought for a similar price, e.g. The return leg ends up being closer to $400. This is deceptive marketing at it's worst.

If the price of the return fare ends up being the same, and one-way fares drop in price, then I can see no harm in selling fares one way.

 

[defurax]

I often try to book one way tickets intra-europe because I like the idea of not having to care too much if I miss a flight. I just realised last week that expedia.de and expedia.ie are selling cheap AirBerlin codeshare one-way flights on BA metal while expedia.com, expedia.uk and expedia.fr only sell the BA flight (very expensive booking fare class Y, B, M). So I booked many one-way flights on the German expedia website (thank you Google chrome for translating German to English

 

[Hvr]

Jet* prices their tickets per segment rather than on a return basis. Looks like the child is teaching the parent how to improve? If so it will be very welcome.

 

[TheInsider]

This was the case on the last Asian sale QF had.

 

[JohnK]

A very good idea if they start selling one-way tickets at roughly half the cost of the return.

What this means for someone like me is I can use say a VS redemption to/from HKG one-way when I have enough VS miles and also pay for a one-way ticket on a carrier I choose.

 

[Scarlett]

It also means that travellers will be able to purchase the second one-way flight when coming back in that local currency, from the local website, if the fare is cheaper. eg: if it's a AUD500 flight on the way out and the same on the way back on the .com.au site, you might be able to go to the (for example) .com.sg site and get a better fare.

 

[Isochronous]

I often try to book one way tickets intra-europe because I like the idea of not having to care too much if I miss a flight. I just realised last week that expedia.de and expedia.ie are selling cheap AirBerlin codeshare one-way flights on BA metal while expedia.com, expedia.uk and expedia.fr only sell the BA flight (very expensive booking fare class Y, B, M). So I booked many one-way flights on the German expedia website (thank you Google chrome for translating German to English

Does an AB codeshare on BA metal earn points/SCs on qFF?

 

[Mal]

Does an AB codeshare on BA metal earn points/SCs on qFF?

The answer is in the Qantas FF T&Cs under the "Air Berlin" section:

Points and Status Credits are not earned on Codeshare Flights operated by airlines other than oneworld® alliance airlines

 

[medhead]

The answer is in the Qantas FF T&Cs under the "Air Berlin" section:

In other words yes.

 

[Must...Fly!]

This was the case on the last Asian sale QF had.

Yes, this is not the first time QF has run a one-way deep discount sale to Asia. Won't be the last, either. I bet they don't like doing it but you have little choice with the amount of LCC competition around...