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Originally Posted by pot$lammer
Spiv dont know if u know off top of ur head which is cheaper?
A outbound/return ticket?
Or buying both legs at seperate times ie dparture and then booking the return a week or so before u leave via say air asia
It depends on the airline.
Most full service carriers charge basically the same amount for a one way trip as they do for a 3 month return, so if you are flying with them then it's cheaper to get a return ticket.
E.G. if you booked with someone like KLM it might be 600 quid for a return trip or 550 for one way. In that case you might as well book the return.
With low-cost carriers like Air Asia, all their flights are basically priced as one way flight. E.G. Perth-KL 1 way is $250. Return is $500.
The benefit of booking a 1-way is that your flight out doesn't have to be to your point of origin. E.G. if you flew 1-way from London-BKK, you don't have to have a ticket back to London. Anywhere out of Thailand is fine, so your outbound ticket could be a 20 quid Air Asia BKK-Kuala Lumpur flight and you'd still satisfy the requirement. This allows you to be more flexible with your return trip, if you aren't sure how long you'd like stay/where else to visit etc.