Transit operators and airlines issue a return ticket to secure a passenger's outbound and inbound journeys in one transaction. In aviation, it is priced as a single fare which is often cheaper than buying two separate legs. In public transit, it provides a physical or digital pass valid for one trip in each direction on a specific route.
Heard on the job
The inspector fined him because he tried to use the outbound half of a return ticket twice.
Also heard as
- round-trip ticket