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title: "What is One-way award? | Benefit Systems"
description: "A one-way award is a redemption flight booked in a single direction, with no return flight on the same ticket."
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# What is One-way award?

A one-way award is a redemption flight booked in a single direction, with no return flight on the same ticket.

Also called: One-way redemption.

## How it works #

Many programmes price an outbound and a return as two separate segments, so a one-way award costs exactly half of a round trip and can be combined freely with another programme, a cash ticket or a different route home. Some programmes or fare types still require a round trip or charge a premium for one-ways. The award chart of each programme states which rule applies.

## Not to be confused with #

A one-way award is not an open jaw: an open jaw has two flights with a differing departure or arrival city, a one-way has a single flight.

## In German #

The German term is Einfache Strecke. [German version of this term](/de/glossar/einfache-strecke)

## Related terms #

- [Award ticket](/en/glossary/award-ticket): An award ticket is a flight paid for with miles or points instead of cash; taxes, fees and surcharges almost always still have to be paid in money.
- [Open jaw](/en/glossary/open-jaw): An open jaw is a round trip on one ticket where the return airport differs from the outbound destination, with the gap covered some other way.
- [Award chart](/en/glossary/award-chart): An award chart is a published price list stating how many miles an award flight costs in a given region and cabin, independent of the cash price of that flight.
- [Positioning flight](/en/glossary/positioning-flight): A positioning flight is a separately booked flight to the airport where the real trip starts, often because that is where award space was found.

## Articles that use this term #

- [Why one-way awards cost half, when one-way cash fares often don’t](/en/knowledge/one-way-awards)
- [How do you find award space an airline’s own site won’t show?](/en/knowledge/award-availability)