New question! Can you book connecting tix on the same airline to save money?
Dec 12th, 2006, 04:38 AM
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New question! Can you book connecting tix on the same airline to save money?
Me, again. Aerlingus has a sale flying NY to Dublin. It is cheaper for us to book NY to Dublin, then Dublin to Rome, all on Aerlingus, but separate tickets, vs NY to Rome via Dublin on one ticket. Anyway, can I do this? It is not as inexpensive as say, Aerlingus/Ryanair or Delta/Aerlingus, but on my previous thread I was told that flying one airline would be better. Can this be done? Drawbacks?
Dec 12th, 2006, 05:54 AM
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Not completely sure I understand your question. If you book one ticket from point A to C through B. Then that airline is responsible for you totally, luggage checked through, etc., and if something happens getting to B then they have to get your to C. But if you book A to B and B to C. They have no responsibility for that connection, Make sense ???
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Dec 12th, 2006, 06:23 AM
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That is my question. Since it is the same airline, in the event that we are delayed leaving NY, say, will they work with us in Dublin? I am planning on leaving plenty of time for this event, but you never know. Maybe I should just call Aerlingus. Thanks.
Dec 12th, 2006, 07:16 AM
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You can certainly do this but if it's on the same airline (Aer Lingus in this case) they likely won't through-check your bags so you'd need to clear immigration and customs at DUB. You may want to overnight in one direction there anyway, so there's no problem with that.
There may be departure taxes and other fees that increase because of the Dublin "origination" for the other ticket, but they may not outweigh the savings in doing the separate bookings.
One important note is that with two tickets you won't be "protected" for any connecting flights, so if your NY-Dublin flight is late and you miss your Rome connection, or vice versa on the return, the airline won't be obligated to help you out. Thus leaving an extra day or half day here or there for "slippage" would be a wise approach.
There may be departure taxes and other fees that increase because of the Dublin "origination" for the other ticket, but they may not outweigh the savings in doing the separate bookings.
One important note is that with two tickets you won't be "protected" for any connecting flights, so if your NY-Dublin flight is late and you miss your Rome connection, or vice versa on the return, the airline won't be obligated to help you out. Thus leaving an extra day or half day here or there for "slippage" would be a wise approach.
