Wesa_uk

Now the status is at 'issued' and I'm waiting for that all important email I've been obviously pricing flights.

Would it go against me if I booked a return flight instead of a one way flight? I have no intention of actually being on the return flight however a return costs £460 and a one way was £650?

Pricing is ridiculous for a one way.

Noorah101

For immigration purposes, No.

Not sure if there would be any problems with the airline in not using the other portion of the ticket, but my guess is probably not.

Rene

carldodd77

The advice is normally...as long as you don't make a habit of it, the airline doesn't usually follow it up. If you were a repeat offender, that is a different matter.

mikechristina

This is what my husband did when he came over on his CR-1. It is actually more cost effective this way. One way tickets are sometimes more expensive

Not issues if it's only a one time thing. Congrats !

Wesa_uk

No never missed a flight and they aren't to know that I won't be on the return flight, just trying to save myself some dollars.

As long as it won't be a problem with immigration then that's fine with me.

hoffage123

One thing that may save you even more money is if you wanted to book the return leg for a date further away in the future, in case you wanted to visit family for a visit etc ... just a thought.

Hoffage

civilservant

I never used the return portion of my ticket - why would they care? Most trans-atlantic flights are oversubscribed anyway, especially if travelling anywhere other than JFK or LAX, so they get their fare twice over.

Speedwell

Yeah, they don't know if you missed the flight back, and they don't check to see if you eventually travel back on their or another airline.

The advice to get a refundable return leg and set it as far out in the future as possible is very sound. That way all you have to do is pay the change fee and any difference in fare when you go to use it on the date of your choice. Presumably you will be looking for a return flight to the US at that time, though, so it may be six of one and half a dozen of the other.

I paid for my husband's flight to the US with my frequent flier miles, because we had already got an apartment lease together and qualified to be a "household" and share the miles account. It would have been nonsense to spend double miles for a return ticket when a one-way ticket cost half the miles.

Guindalf

I did the exact same thing when I came over. It was much cheaper at the time than getting a one-way ticket.

I never had a problem.

Stoutbanana

I found it cheaper to fly out on a Tuesday than any other day

civilservant

Statistically that is the cheapest day.

Flopsie

I've known some people who have bought a return and then called the airline to say they can't use the return trip and have been issued with credit with the airline, about $150/200.
Personally I bought a return and got the latest return date possible, so I have a return flight booked for the 7th october. I'm hoping to use it but I know if I can't I can call Virgin and reschedule it and they just charge an admin fee to change the date.

London1947

Where did you get such cheap fares.... are you talking US to UK?

Casual Observer

The fares are not overly cheap - seem about average to me. It depends where from and where to you are flying.

US Airways MAN>PHL 10:45a 1:45p 8h 0m 0 $767 (471.33 GBP)
Book

US Airways PHL>MAN 8:45p 8:45a 7h 0m 0
Book with: $767 US Airways

hoffage123

+1

That's about right. We got return flights for the three of us for £1392. If we had booked a month earlier there was a deal for £1250. It varies.

Sites like Skyscanner, expedia or Opodo are quite good for locating the cheapest deals and for fare rises/drops.