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Open-jaw ticket

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In office & administration, open-jaw ticket means: An airline itinerary whose outbound destination and return departure point differ, or whose initial departure and final arrival point differ.

In Turkish: gidiş-dönüş noktaları farklı bilet, açık çene bilet

How it is used

Used for multi-city trips; transport across the gap between unmatched points is arranged separately.

Example sentences

  1. Book an open-jaw ticket into Berlin and back from Munich; we will take the train between them.

    The return departs from a different city than the outbound arrival.

  2. The open-jaw ticket takes us from Istanbul to Rome and then from Rome back to Ankara.

    The final arrival city differs from the original departure city.

Common collocations

  • book an open-jaw ticket
  • open-jaw ticket itinerary
  • open-jaw ticket option
  • itineraryA detailed plan of a journey, listing flights, trains, hotels, meetings and times in order, usually prepared before a business trip.
  • travel expensesThe money spent on a business trip, such as transport, hotels, meals and visas, which the company normally pays or pays back.

More terms: Travel Arrangements

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