What is an example of an open-jaw flight?

For example, an open-jaw itinerary could go from NYC to London, and then from Paris back to NYC. Open-jaw flights allow travelers to see two destinations in one trip without backtracking to the initial destination to catch their flight home.



An open-jaw flight is a round-trip ticket where the traveler departs from one city and returns to another, or arrives in one city and departs from a different one for the journey home. A classic "Destination Open-Jaw" example would be flying from New York (JFK) to London (LHR), then traveling by train through Europe to Paris (CDG), and finally flying from Paris (CDG) back to New York (JFK). This allows you to explore multiple regions without the time and expense of "backtracking" to your original arrival city. Another version is the "Origin Open-Jaw," where you might fly from Chicago to Los Angeles, but then fly back from Los Angeles to New York. These are easily booked on most airline websites by selecting the "Multi-City" search option instead of "Round Trip." Open-jaw flights are particularly popular for Mediterranean cruises (flying into Venice and out of Rome) or for "Road Trip" itineraries where you rent a car in one city and drop it off in another, saving you both travel time and often fuel costs by moving in a single direction.

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An open-jaw is basically flying from city A to city B and returning to city A from city C. There are no flights between city B and city C. For example, you fly New York to London and from Paris to New York on the same ticket – you have an open-jaw between London and Paris if you have no flights between the two cities.

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The practice goes by a few different names, including skiplagging or hidden-city flying. Passengers disembark at their layover city, leaving an empty seat on their next flight, and save money in the process. But airlines are cracking down on the practice, claiming it breaches their rules and costs them revenue.

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There are three types of simple itineraries:
  • One-way (OW) You are flying from somewhere (your origin) to somewhere else (your destination).
  • Return or Round trip (RT) You are flying from your origin to your destination (which for return fares is also called the point of turnaround) then back to your origin. ...
  • Open jaw (OJ)


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Can you do roundtrip from different airports? Yes. If you depart from one airport but return to another, or fly to one airport and return from another, this is called an open-jaw flight.

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