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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Booking & Tickets

One-way ticket

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCore term

In travel & airport english, one-way ticket means: A ticket that covers the journey to a place but not the journey back, so the return has to be bought separately.

In Turkish: tek yön bilet, tek gidiş bileti

How it is used

One-way is used in both American and British English for flights; on British trains and buses people also say a single. Some countries ask visitors for proof of return or onward travel, so passengers with a one-way ticket may be asked about it at check-in or at the border.

Example sentences

  1. I bought a one-way ticket because I don't know when I'll come back.

  2. On this route, one-way tickets are often almost as expensive as returns.

Common collocations

  • one-way flight
  • one-way fare
  • buy a one-way ticket
  • single ticket
  • round-trip ticketA ticket that covers the journey to a place and the journey back, bought together and sometimes cheaper than two one-way tickets.
  • ticketA paper or electronic document showing that you have paid to travel on a plane, train, bus or boat, or to enter a place.
  • fareThe amount of money you pay to travel on a plane, train, bus, taxi or boat.
  • visaOfficial permission from a country, usually a sticker in your passport or an electronic record, to enter, stay in or pass through it for a set purpose and time.

More terms: Booking & Tickets

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