Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
Checking bags through may be the least of your problems if a flight is late and causes a misconnect.
The penalty for cheaper fare and more flexibility with separate tickets, is that potentially you are on your own if you misconnect for any reason.
i see... so i can see myself lets say getting 2/3's the way on a ticket issued to a major hub and just getting a seperate ticket to do a city hop to the final destanation provided that all involved airliners are within an alliance. otherwise, its just up to me to talk to one airline and negotiate a trip myself.... just a shame cause i can save a small bundel of dollars if i got to each airline indivdual website and book tickets individualy to make up my own trip.... is there any suggestions on booking whole trips without travel agents?? i would just love to book my way and merge all flights into one reservation myself.