I bought round trip airfare but need leave a few days later. Can I use just the return portion?

Question

We were thinking about just getting one way tickets for the outbound leg now that we are leaving a few days after the original departure since it's cheaper then the change fees. We are going to be having a baby so we needed to change the departure date to accomodate. Can we still use the original return portion of ou round trip ticket even if I don't use the outbound portion? Anyone in airline ticketing who would be helpful in answering this...... Thanks!

Answer 1

No - if you do not show up for the outbound flight, the airline will automatically cancel your return flight.

Answer 2

Try to contact the airline company and make arrangement with the change of date with your flight. (that is if there are available seats on your desired departure date)

Answer 3

No... and the airlines are very strict about that.  If you just dont show up for it ( the outbond flight) the entire tickets get cancelled.

Call the airline and tell them what happend. Sometimes they make excpetions.