Interlining out of Israel
Feb 1, 2019, 7:57 am
#16
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Hmm not sure if it is always cheaper to buy separate tickets as opposed to a single especially when flying through the airline hub especially with the likes of EK and EY (depending on the origin ofcourse). Maybe it is cheaper with BA due to high APD? But you would be booking two non stop flights which are often individually (not always), more expensive then a single connecting flight, at least in my experience.
Feb 1, 2019, 2:59 pm
#17
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Hmm not sure if it is always cheaper to buy separate tickets as opposed to a single especially when flying through the airline hub especially with the likes of EK and EY (depending on the origin ofcourse). Maybe it is cheaper with BA due to high APD? But you would be booking two non stop flights which are often individually (not always), more expensive then a single connecting flight, at least in my experience.
Feb 1, 2019, 3:52 pm
#18
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Qantas do a good job of transferring bags between two separate quasi-connecting bookings on their own metal, if asked nicely. However absolutely no dice getting them onto another oneworld partner’s separate quasi-connecting booking
BA won’t even do it on own metal (as a rule, no doubt exceptions are made from time to time)
it’s basically the norm now that separate bookings=separate baggage handling. Anything above that should be seen as a bonus not a right IMO
BA won’t even do it on own metal (as a rule, no doubt exceptions are made from time to time)
it’s basically the norm now that separate bookings=separate baggage handling. Anything above that should be seen as a bonus not a right IMO
Feb 2, 2019, 3:51 am
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Hmm not sure if it is always cheaper to buy separate tickets as opposed to a single especially when flying through the airline hub especially with the likes of EK and EY (depending on the origin ofcourse). Maybe it is cheaper with BA due to high APD? But you would be booking two non stop flights which are often individually (not always), more expensive then a single connecting flight, at least in my experience.
Most people wouldnt even think of separate bookings and I suspect that most that do os are doing it for a price benefit
Feb 3, 2019, 3:36 pm
#20
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Thanks for the thoughts on this point. I will ask the Aegean people nicely at TLV but fully expect to go through customs, collect bags and recheck at Athens.
Booking on seperate tickets this time purely because EK do not ticket to TLV... hence forced to buy two tickets.
Booking on seperate tickets this time purely because EK do not ticket to TLV... hence forced to buy two tickets.
Mar 21, 2019, 2:52 am
#21
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I understand that they don't have a policy of guaranteeing that they will interline but my reading of the previous comment is that some airlines have a policy to actively refuse interlining bags on separate tickets even when they operate both flights. That is what surprises me. I am familiar with airlines having policies not to interline bags between different airlines even when they are partners, if on separate tickets.