Originally Posted by
rosierd
Right ok that does make sense but if the carriers are unrelated? For example Virgin Atlantic and British airways if that is the case?
Since VS has almost no shorthaul network they use BA to provide feed, this will almost certainly be one ticket especially if the overall price is cheaper than booking the flights separately.
Am I right in assuming you're looking at DUB-LHR-XXX?
There is a chance that you could board the second connecting flight without taking the origin flight, but the ticket should be cancelled due to your no-show. You could end up at your destination and find your return segments are cancelled and you'd need to buy an expensive one way ticket.
But by all means, give it a try and report back.
Originally Posted by
MichaelBaku
If you book a ticket like this on a third party website, there is a possibility that you are not on 1 ticket/1 PNR. Some third party websites will issue more than one ticket if that is cheaper. If that's the case, you might get away with it but you'd need to be sure that it's not 1 ticket/1 PNR.
This is true, but some websites will show when this occurs. Also if it is two tickets then generally it will simply be the sum of its parts and so adding the extra segments will not lower the overall price.