Also known as “return air tickets,” round-trip tickets are flights from and back to the same location of origin. A one-way ticket, on the other hand, only allows you to fly to your destination, not back from it.
What is the difference between a return trip and a circle trip?
A round-trip is a journey that returns to the city where it began, without additional stopovers. Thus, the ultimate destination is the originating city, with the same route used going and coming. A circle trip is like a round-trip except that the route on the return trip differs from the route on the outgoing trip.
What is a return trip?
Is it cheaper to buy a round trip ticket or one-way?
Round-trip tickets are usually cheaper than one-ways, sometimes significantly so. NerdWallet compared fares across multiple international routes and found that, typically, buying two one-way tickets costs 20% more than a single roundtrip.
Why is the return trip shorter?
The unpredictability of the initial leg of the trip may make it so that it is remembered as being overly long. Conversely, the return trip is remembered as being short because it is now more familiar and predictable. Alternatively, the return trip effect could be due to a violation of expectations.