Originally posted by cindyabs
It is also a matter of what "season" you fly, low, shoulder or high. Summertime is always high season. Late fall and winter (when the weather's usually not swell) is low season. Right now it's shoulder season.

Originally posted by Jenney & Mark
Thanks to everyone who's responded thus far.

I'll have to see what Mark's been looking at exactly, because he told me that when he's looked into the cancellation policies, they state that even if you don't show up, the airlines will charge a cancellation fee. He said the amount of the cancellation fee depends on where you book the ticket (ebookers.com, Expedia, etc.).

However, when I did a search for a return ticket in Expedia, it just said it was nonrefundable/nonchangeable. It did not say anything about a cancellation fee. Only the one-way ticket search results said anything about a cancellation fee. Maybe Mark's looking up the wrong stuff.

In any case, our other concern about whether they would try to contact us if he didn't show up for his return flight has more to do with security issues than anything else. Obviously, if someone buys a return ticket but doesn't return, that might set off alarm bells if the passenger didn't contact the airline ahead of time. (Of course, we wouldn't want to be charged a cancellation fee if he DOES ring them up!)

~ Jenney

Originally posted by sandy- pie
ok, my boy got a one way ticket out of heathrow with virgin airlines...direct to SFO for 91 pounds. He went with STA. Extremely good deal, like obsurdly good.!!! He flys out on may 20th.