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Subject: Re: Flying out and returning on the same plane Posted on: 05 Oct 2006 23:15:36 +0200

[semiretired@my-deja.com]:

> clemenr@wmin.ac.uk wrote:
>
> >I note that there are a lot of cheap flights where an airline flies
> >out, arriving at (say) 10:25am. The only departure time for the plane
> >is 10:50am. I presume that the plane is being turned around and the
> >same plane is flying back. Is it possible to fly out and then
> >immediately fly back again? Or would the airline expect you to have
> >checked in and be waiting before the plane lands?
> >Thanks in anticipation, Ross-c
>
> easyJet refused to book me on a flight like this a few years ago.

I actually had something like this "suggested" by SAS a couple weeks
ago. I was considering taking a long weekend somewhere as I had
Monday off this week. Among other things, I was checking for round
trips Trondheim (Norway) to Barcelona on the SAS web page.

In stead of just the days I had specified, I was presented with a list
of possibe flight combinations each way for a few days before and
after. As usual, the cheapest outbound and return alternatives were
pre-selected, and if I had acepted those, I would have had:

Outbound: Tuesday Oct 3, dep. Trondheim 6AM, arrival in Barcelona 11:40
Return: Tuesday Oct 3, dep. Barcelona 12:30

So I could have 50 minutes at the Barcelona airport for a little under
$500. I suppose I would even have been allowed to book it.

I ended up not going anywhere...

- Bjorn Munch