Next spring will be flying from boston to london, staying for 5 days then flying to venice for 4 days and then home.

The concern is on the way back. if we try to go straight through to boston from venice it looks like we will have to use 2 different airlines or different airports.

would it be safer to stay overnight in london and go out the next day - cost of hotel or allow ???? long for a connection?

If at least on the same airline assume they are somewhat responsible if you miss the connection? and if not then your problem?

If you're flying on the same ticket, then if you miss the connection, you'll be put on the next flight. But if the delay was due to weather, traffic, etc, then you'll have to pay for your own hotel.

If you're buying two seperate tickets, then be extremely cautious, as if you miss the connection, you probably have to buy a new ticket.

Dear Joanel,

I agree with rkkwan it's important to have the itinerary as one ticket as this protects you...your problem if you miss a connection is then their problem too.

Last Christmas I traveled to London and then back from Venice to San Francisco, the flight went via Munich with a connection it was very easy and far preferable than returning to London.

With all of the airline alliances it's sometimes cheap to get a ticket the routes through various European destinations...for example United and Lufthansa.


For example last year my ticket was SFO-Prague...(then I bought a very cheap Prague London flight on Easy jet because the date was in the middle of the busy Christmas season)...then London-Venice and Venice-SFO...the three segments (minus Easy jet) were an incredible $630 including tax!

So I'd check the prices Boston-London-Venice-Boston. Or if that's expensive you could check an open jaw flight... Boston-London returning Venice-Boston, and buy your own cheap ticket London to Venice on Ryanair or Easyjet.

Hope that helps

sorry not clear. orbitz had a flight on AA or british air that uses BMI or luftansa to get to venice and back.

would this be on same ticket or not? since different airlines and booked through orbitz.

or if I booked this through AA assuming that is possible -would that be what you mean by one ticket?

If you book through Orbitz on the same itinerary, then it's considered the same ticket. And you're protected. Even if the flights are on different airlines.

I thought from what I read previously on this board that what rkkwan is suggesting won't work if you miss the connection due to weather, flight delays, strikes, etc.

Joanel,
There are 2 different issues here. One is if you have 2 flight segments on 2 different airlines, what happens if you miss your connection. If both segments were issued on the same ticket, then they will accomodate you on the next available flight. They are responsible for getting you to your final destination.

The other issue is if you are forced to overnight because of a missed connection, will the airline pay for your accomodations? If the delay is caused by weather or an event outside of the airline's control, then they are not responsible for paying for your accomodations (this would be the case even if all of your flights are on the same airline). But they are still responsible for getting you to your final destination the following day if the segments were purchased as a single ticket.