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.
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.
Also called: Open-jaw itinerary.
How it works#
The pattern lets a traveller arrive in one city and fly home from another without buying a second ticket. Award programmes treat open jaws differently: some price them like an ordinary round trip, others like two one-way journeys. The gap between the two airports is not part of the ticket and is arranged separately, by train, car or a separate flight.
Not to be confused with#
An open jaw is not the same as two separately booked one-way tickets: in an open jaw both directions stay on a single ticket with unbroken airline responsibility.
In German#
The German term is Open Jaw. German version of this term
Related terms#
- Stopover: A stopover is a planned break of journey on a single through ticket, longer than a normal connection, which effectively adds a second destination.
- Round-the-world ticket: A round-the-world ticket is a single ticket for a journey circling the globe in one direction, with several stopovers inside a fixed set of rules.
- 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#
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