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open-jaw

noun

  1. modifier relating to a ticket that allows a traveller to arrive in one place and depart from another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He said the current ticket system "penalises" people making open-jaw or circular journeys rather than straightforward returns.

From BBC

In the minus column: Depending on the route, you may have numerous days at sea, cross large expanses of open, sometimes rough water and have to deal with the extra cost of an “open-jaw” airline ticket — where the origin and destination are not the same in both directions.

Better yet, use open-jaw fares to expand your airport searches to get more results.

Open-jaw tickets, often called multi-stop bookings on airline sites, are for round-trip flights that arrive at one destination and leave from another.

While both are London airports, flying into Heathrow and back from Gatwick, for example, is technically an open-jaw booking.

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