My holiday travel plans are crazy this year due to a promised Christmas in Michigan followed by a wedding in Oklahoma. This put me in the unfortunate situation of having to book 3 one way tickets. Riddle me this: my parents get on a round-trip flight from okc to detroit for $300-ish apiece. I try to get a one way ticket on one of the legs of the same flight and it’s $824. (Since I am prone to exaggeration, know that I did not pull this number out of my ass. This is the actual number without taxes and fees quoted to me by northwest airlines and several other online booking sites)
So, I’m desperately looking around trying to find 3 one way tickets that won’t cost me as much as a trip to Europe. Because, if it came to that, Brianne was going to Christmas in France and sorry about the rest of you! So, I google “cheap one way flights” and come upon a glorious but hitherto unknown travel site called onetravel.com and there found all three flights for $390.01 total. Yes, that word was total. It usually costs me abot $300 to fly from NYC to OKC and back and I’ve managed to find a way to get three one-way flights with OKC in the mix (not exactly a favorite travel destination of the major airlines) for only $390? And two of the three flights are direct! What?!!?!?
The real head-scratcher in the scenario is that I’m on the same flight as mom and dad that I tried to book individually with Northwest. So, if I had gone through the actual airline it was $824, but through the glory that is onetravel. com, it’s included in a three flight, $390.01 package? Brianne was and still is confused but thrilled at this mystery!
Yeah, cheap flights!
