{"id":90525,"date":"2014-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/which-is-the-best-flight-tickets-to-book\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:52:10","slug":"which-is-the-best-flight-tickets-to-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/which-is-the-best-flight-tickets-to-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the Best Flight Ticket to Book? One-way, Round Trip and Multi-City Tickets Explained &#8211; FAQ Fridays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on FAQ Friday we discuss the best flight tickets to book. If you&#8217;re wondering whether you should be booking one-way flights, round trip fares or multi-city tickets this video should help you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qNk6JgG3BoE?\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Video Transcription<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to another edition of Traveltart\u2019s FAQ Fridays with me, Nick Paul.<\/p>\n<p>For the past few weeks we&#8217;ve been answering your frequently asked travel\u00a0questions in these videos. Thanks so much for sending them in, keep them coming! Who knows, we may make them into a video next week.<\/p>\n<p>We were asked a\u00a0question this week\u00a0about whether it&#8217;s cheaper to buy\u00a02\u00a0one way tickets\u00a0or a\u00a0round trip ticket\u00a0and thought this was a\u00a0good opportunity\u00a0to explain these two concepts as well as that of\u00a0multi-city tickets.<\/p>\n<h2>First of all, let&#8217;s\u00a0define these terms:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One-way tickets<\/strong>\u00a0refer to a journey which starts in one place,\u00a0and goes to a destination\u00a0but\u00a0doesn\u2019t include a return journey.\u00a0E.g. Joburg\u00a0to London, either\u00a0direct or via another city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Round trip tickets<\/strong>\u00a0refer to journey which go to a destination\u00a0and return from that destination\u00a0back home again.\u00a0E.g.\u00a0Joburg\u00a0to London\u00a0and back, either direct or via another city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-city tickets\u00a0<\/strong>refer to a journey which is broken for\u00a0longer than 24 hours\u00a0in\u00a0more than one point\u00a0on the trip. E.g. Joburg\u00a0to London via Dubai with\u00a03 days in Dubai\u00a0and a\u00a0week in London.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>To understand how this all works, we must\u00a0start with round trip\u00a0tickets:<\/h2>\n<p>A round trip ticket (also known as a\u00a0return ticket) may\u00a0look like\u00a0it&#8217;s made of\u00a02 one-way tickets, for example: Cape Town to\u00a0Joburg\u00a0and back again\u00a0contains 2 flights, one for the way there, and one for the way back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are these not just 2 one way tickets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0local flights\u00a0within South Africa, you&#8217;d be\u00a0right, these are in fact made up of\u00a02 one-way tickets. It&#8217;s for this reason that\u00a0Travelstart&#8217;s\u00a0website is able to\u00a0mix and match\u00a0different airlines in\u00a0each direction\u00a0to get you a\u00a0cheaper deal.<\/p>\n<p>This rule\u00a0doesn&#8217;t apply\u00a0to\u00a0international flights\u00a0though; here flight prices are usually worked out as\u00a0full round trip tickets\u00a0and one-way tickets are usually worked out as\u00a075% of a round trip fare and a relevant portion of the taxes.<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0quitting\u00a0your job to buy\u00a0a\u00a0one-way\u00a0ticket to\u00a0Thailand\u00a0and buying the one-way ticket back &#8220;when you feel like returning\u00a0from paradise&#8221;, might not work out very cheaply. That, and\u00a0immigration officials\u00a0will not let you into the country without proof that you&#8217;re\u00a0leaving within the allotted time.<\/p>\n<p>This rule is even\u00a0truer\u00a0for flights on certain airlines like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/airlines\/klm-airlines\">KLM<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/airlines\/lufthansa-airlines\">Lufthansa,<\/a>\u00a0and especially for flights to destinations in\u00a0North America, where many airlines\u00a0don&#8217;t do one way tickets\u00a0at all. In fact if you try and buy a one way ticket here you&#8217;ll end up\u00a0paying more\u00a0than for a round trip ticket.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0weirder\u00a0still, if you travel\u00a0only\u00a0to your\u00a0destination\u00a0and try to\u00a0apply for a refund\u00a0for the\u00a0return portion\u00a0of your ticket, the airline may try and\u00a0charge\u00a0you for the\u00a0difference\u00a0between a round trip ticket and a one way ticket!<\/p>\n<h2>So, let&#8217;s touch quickly on\u00a0multi-city\u00a0tickets.<\/h2>\n<p>Multi-city tickets often work out\u00a0cheaper\u00a0than making\u00a0multiple round trip\u00a0journeys to\u00a0different destinations. However, with each break in the journey the\u00a0airline\u00a0may charge you a\u00a0fee, also the\u00a0country\u00a0in question may charge you\u00a0extra security or passenger duties. This is\u00a0most evident\u00a0on flight tickets\u00a0via the\u00a0UK, where a break in the journey in\u00a0London\u00a0adds a minimum of around\u00a0R1500\u00a0to the ticket price. But, if you&#8217;re travelling on a flight like that, it&#8217;s certainly\u00a0cheaper\u00a0to\u00a0break\u00a0the\u00a0journey\u00a0than to make another\u00a0separate trip\u00a0to the city.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s it from me this week on FAQ Fridays. If you have any travel-related questions please ask them in the comments below and we may make a video about them. 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