AirAsia nested itineraries
Jan 26, 2017, 2:30 am
#1
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AirAsia nested itineraries
When booked on separate itineraries on a fly-thru enabled route, does QZ / FD still absolve itself from any responsibility for missed connections?
My family and I decided to take a trip from CGK to REP and DMK. We used AirAsiaGo to book flights and hotel rooms, but could not do so on a single itinerary because AirAsiaGo does not have a "multiple stops" option. However, it does allow one to only require hotel room for a portion of the trip. So we now have CGK - DMK Sunday afternoon - Friday night (Bangkok hotel room Wednesday - Friday) on one itinerary. On the second itinerary, we have DMK - REP from Sunday night - Wednesday afternoon with hotel for the duration. The only potential for misconnect would be the CGK - DMK flight.
Our de-facto layover time in DMK is 3 hours & 40 minutes, and we will only have carryon bags. Hopefully the chance of missed connection is very small; I don't even know how I would buy travel insurance since these are two separate itineraries.
Additional question: Since we can do web checkin for the DMK - REP flight, does that mean that we will not need to pass through Thai immigration between CGK - DMK and DMK - REP flights?
My family and I decided to take a trip from CGK to REP and DMK. We used AirAsiaGo to book flights and hotel rooms, but could not do so on a single itinerary because AirAsiaGo does not have a "multiple stops" option. However, it does allow one to only require hotel room for a portion of the trip. So we now have CGK - DMK Sunday afternoon - Friday night (Bangkok hotel room Wednesday - Friday) on one itinerary. On the second itinerary, we have DMK - REP from Sunday night - Wednesday afternoon with hotel for the duration. The only potential for misconnect would be the CGK - DMK flight.
Our de-facto layover time in DMK is 3 hours & 40 minutes, and we will only have carryon bags. Hopefully the chance of missed connection is very small; I don't even know how I would buy travel insurance since these are two separate itineraries.
Additional question: Since we can do web checkin for the DMK - REP flight, does that mean that we will not need to pass through Thai immigration between CGK - DMK and DMK - REP flights?
Jan 29, 2017, 12:32 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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I would just book the trip and accept the minimal risk.
If something bad does happen, I seriously doubt they will accept any responsibility. But they will probably make some arrangement to put you on a later flight and your loss will be no big deal.
I assume both your flights would be from T1 at Don Muang so you do not have to clear immigration assuming your bags (if any) are thru checked.
If something bad does happen, I seriously doubt they will accept any responsibility. But they will probably make some arrangement to put you on a later flight and your loss will be no big deal.
I assume both your flights would be from T1 at Don Muang so you do not have to clear immigration assuming your bags (if any) are thru checked.
Jan 29, 2017, 9:03 pm
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The 'arrangement' is likely the pax will need to buy a new ticket for the later flight, and this could become quite expensive compared to tickets purchased well in advance. Just saying.... caveat emptor.