Booking an Open-jaw Flight Ticket: Pros and Cons
An open-jaw flight ticket is a round-trip ticket where the flier does not depart from the city where he/she first arrived.
For example, fly into Bangkok from India, travel around Thailand and book a return flight to India from Phuket, instead of Bangkok. This travel itinerary looks like a open-jaw ticket. OR Fly into Paris from America, leave from Milan or Berlin. This way, you get to see two cities, as opposed to just seeing either if you take a train between Paris and Milan or to Berlin.
Pros:
Cons:
How to book an open jaw flight ticket?
Book it as round trip ticket by using the “multi-city flights’ option on airfare websites.
For example, fly into Bangkok from India, travel around Thailand and book a return flight to India from Phuket, instead of Bangkok. This travel itinerary looks like a open-jaw ticket. OR Fly into Paris from America, leave from Milan or Berlin. This way, you get to see two cities, as opposed to just seeing either if you take a train between Paris and Milan or to Berlin.
Pros:
- Sometimes, open-jaw flight tickets are cheaper than a regular return ticket.
- This option is for seasoned travelers, who want to travel to more than a single place either via renting cars or via driving between the cities and for people voyaging multi destinations on Cruises.
- You can collect the same number of miles in an open-jaw ticket as a standard flight ticket that arrives and departs from the same airport.
Cons:
- Open-jaw cities must usually fall in the same region.
- The price of tickets may be tempting but there are additional costs of travel and stays in other cities.
How to book an open jaw flight ticket?
Book it as round trip ticket by using the “multi-city flights’ option on airfare websites.