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Has anyone done this, or if at all, possible? I'd like to travel PDX to TLV and since it's my birthday, thought I'd splurge a bit and fly First Class one way and Economy one way as I cannot afford the full first class fare.
I normally go through Orbitz or Expedia but do not see this option available (on their Advanced Search). I've also visited various airlines website and no option available EXCEPT for Continental which asks you what status you want for each leg of the flight. That's great.
Some airlines (going to the individual airline) blue collar comedy tour schedule make doing what you propose very easy, because they come up with various options for each leg on what you're going to purchase. Like Air New Zealand. We did this for our 25th in 2010 -- business to London, economy to LAX. That way, we'd be in the cocoons blue collar comedy tour schedule for the overnight portion of the flight and rested, then who cares coming back. ANZ had these options.
But other airlines -- and I know this since I'm trying to do the same thing for this summer for MY birthday -- booking blue collar comedy tour schedule on Air France or KLM to Nice with a return, they don't have the online blue collar comedy tour schedule option, at least not that I could see. And when I tried to do the one way option, the business class ended up being some ridiculous amount of money!
Not to be too pedantic, but there is such a thing now called a "travel agent," a travel professional who specializes in booking these kinds of trips. For a reasonable blue collar comedy tour schedule fee, an actual professional will search through airlines and find the best deal for you on your travel dates and may come up with some alternatives that you didn't think of. Try that rather than calling a half-dozen blue collar comedy tour schedule airlines directly. There are many Israel blue collar comedy tour schedule specialists.
1. "travel agent" Before you book as a few question.. (A) Are they insured and a member of a professional association or is this "bubba owns a computer" (B) do they provide a 24/7 call service. When you book via a TA they "own" the reservation so at 2 AM in the US when you can't get on the plane you need to be able to call them. Once again if this is a 'hobby I do when I am not transporting the kids to stuff" RUN!
2. I have done this, but I find it easiest to just call the airline. I am not sure why "I was hoping to book my flight online, therby allowing me to view the itinerary easily" is even a consideration. for example right now I have several flights booked on Delta for both work and pleasure. Work was booked via American Express Travel Agency (which does have a 24/7 contact service ), personal was booked via Delta.com and one personal was booked over the phone. blue collar comedy tour schedule All of them show up when I log into my account on Delta. You should be able to see "online" regardless blue collar comedy tour schedule of who you book with.
The gist of CarolA's suggestion is spot on: not all travel agents are suitable for the work that the OP needs. However, being "insured" and a "member of a professional blue collar comedy tour schedule association" are pretty much irrelevant to the agent's ability to get the job done right and to be available if things go wrong.
[I own a home-based travel agency and have some insight into the situation. I am insured, but that insurance would do absolutely nothing for any of my clients if something goes wrong -- the insurance protects only me.]