Originally Posted by
Cambo
I agree with you on this, though be aware the "costs" of these surprises can be significantly higher than the savings due to lower LCC pricing. For example, when you miss your connecting LH, it's going to cost you a fortune, whereas, when you did fly with KA en did your LH with CX, then you have some nuisance, though the extra costs are limited.
There are reasons, LCC's do not sell multiple segment tickets.
An additional PG leg is usually very, very expensive to have on one ticket with your LH. There is a reason for that: PG tends to cancel their flights and you miss your LH. On 1 ticket PG has to cough up the additional costs (for which you pay through very expensive extra leg PG tickets).
This can be overcome somehow by a sensitive pricing mechanism if the LCC flight is operated under CX group? If you need security for an onward flight, you will pay a premium for that. If you need to, say, accumulate Club Points, pay some extra for a higher fare class. If you don’t need these, pay less. This is the principle of an LCC, but items can be with more flexibility if it comes under an airline group. Although it’s not directly comparable, the deal between Emirates and flydubai is somehow like this ensuring connectivity as far as I understand.