How to Book a Multi-Stop Flight

Open-Jaw Flights

• 1

  Determine departure and initial destination cities.

• 2

  Choose the ultimate departure city. Figure out how to get from the original destination city to the final departure city.

• 3

  Book the flight on a travel search engine that will allow departure from a city other than the initial destination city.

Circle Flights

• 4

  Decide on the departure city and destination cities.

• 5

  Pick how many stopover cities you will visit.

• 6

  Choose travel dates.

• 7

  Click the multi-city button or tab on the airline website. Most airlines allow at least five flights.

• 8

  Book your flight with a return to the same city from which you departed.

Around-the-World Flights

• 9

  Choose the general route, direction and area of interest for the trip.

• 10

  Decide how many places will be visited on the entire flight itinerary.

• 11

  Decide which kind of multi-stop flight to purchase.

• 12

  Visit round-the-world websites that feature pre-packaged itineraries for different regions of the world.

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  Shop around for good prices. Search on the three main airline networks, which are alliances of airline companies: Star Alliance, SkyTeam and oneworld. Check on travel search engines to compare prices.