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Old Apr 29th 2017 | 8:19 am
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As most of you have probably discovered, it's cheaper to buy a round trip ticket over a one-way.

I'm not sure the reasoning for this and are there any catches or risks to doing this?

Just seems crazy that my wife should pay $2000 (one-way) vs. $850 (round trip)

Thoughts?
 
Old Apr 29th 2017 | 8:49 am
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No brainer - go with the $850 option!
 
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I don't know where you're coming from or travelling to, but Air Transat have good one way deals (or used to). This is the way we did it.
 
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Or indeed Wow airlines if you fancy a change or stopover in Iceland....
 
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Or Westjet
 
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Originally Posted by irfyg
are there any catches or risks to doing this?
None whatsoever
 
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Doesn't flag poling mean a round trip? Round the flag pole and back again?
 

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