Is it possible to combine separate tickets on Aer Lingus?
Mar 31, 2017, 2:22 pm
#16
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 166
Tickets will not be combined if bought separately. Whatever they tell you on the telephone, the only thing they can do is 'link' the tickets. This has no material effect, it just shows up as a free text entry on the PNR. Two separate tickets will always be two separate tickets, no matter what currency you use to purchase them. You may be successful in making the onward flight, but if your flight into DUB is delayed or cancelled and you do not show up for the second flight, the entirety of this ticket will auto-cancel as you will have been deemed a no-show. You'll then have to enjoy Dublin rather than Naples, or buy a new ticket.
I decided to do it so I didn't have to worry about two separate tickets to be safe but did it price correctly?
Apr 3, 2017, 2:19 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Boston
Posts: 89
Luckily I was able to book it all on Avios points. I just hung up and booked Aer Lingus for IAD to DUB for 13k Avios miles. Then DUB to NAP for 8,500 Avios miles. It looks like the zones priced correctly but I thought the 8,500 looked high based on the first flight being 13k. Did the British Airways agent/system price this correctly for the Aer Lingus flights or am I looking at it wrong?
I decided to do it so I didn't have to worry about two separate tickets to be safe but did it price correctly?
I decided to do it so I didn't have to worry about two separate tickets to be safe but did it price correctly?
DUB-NAP is 1,291 miles, which bumps you just over the Tier 2 threshold of 1,151 miles into Tier 3 = 8,5000 Avios. You'd save 2,000 Avios (~$30) by keeping it within Tier 2, but if you're actually going to NAP, that's probably not be worth it to you.
