Today it's possible to book a round-the-world air ticket simply by tapping a smartphone.
Conventional wisdom dictates that you have to book a round-trip itinerary in order to get a great airfare.
Conventional wisdom dictates that you have to book a round-trip itinerary in order to get a great price.
New York Giants fans, meanwhile, could book a round-trip coach ticket from Newark to Phoenix on US Airways, leaving this Friday, returning Monday — for a cool $3,309.
"If you say something like 'I could always just book a round-trip ticket and throw away the other half,' the agent can flag you in the reservations system".
Instead, travelers are finding it much easier these days to book a round-the-world ticket offered through an airline alliance like oneworld, SkyTeam or Star Alliance, which have been expanding their options with new routes and partners.
For example, at 3 p.m. yesterday, on America West's online reservations site, it was possible to book a round-trip flight (with one stop) from Los Angeles to Washington and back, departing that night and returning on Thursday.
The actress Sharon Gless will star in a new play by Jane Prowse, based on the best-selling book "A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance" by Jane Juska, Playbill reported.
She should be elated, then, by the forthcoming release of "The Mother," which might be considered a companion piece to the recent book "A Round-Heeled Woman," Jane Juska's report on her sex life at the age of 66. Michael Barker, a head of Sony Pictures Classics, which is releasing "The Mother," said its vision of extreme sex is what attracted him.
