BA - Garuda Indonesia transfer
Aug 31, 2019, 8:37 am
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BA - Garuda Indonesia transfer
Hello,
I am looking at flights from LHR - PER on 13/12/19. The cheapest routing is LHR - AMS (British Airways), AMS - CGK (Garuda) and CGK - PER (Garuda).
LastMinute offer this as a single ticket booking.
My question is, since they are not alliance partners, will BA check the bags all the way through, and am I protected if one flight is late causing me to miss a subsequent flight?
Many thanks,
Al
I am looking at flights from LHR - PER on 13/12/19. The cheapest routing is LHR - AMS (British Airways), AMS - CGK (Garuda) and CGK - PER (Garuda).
LastMinute offer this as a single ticket booking.
My question is, since they are not alliance partners, will BA check the bags all the way through, and am I protected if one flight is late causing me to miss a subsequent flight?
Many thanks,
Al
Aug 31, 2019, 10:27 am
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If this is all in one booking, answer is yes. But, if problems occur, you may enter into complex discussions with the non-partnering airlines and knowing that you book with an OTA. If I were you, I would try to have the LHR-AMS segment operated by KL instead of BA.
Sep 3, 2019, 4:49 pm
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I am looking at flights from LHR - PER on 13/12/19. The cheapest routing is LHR - AMS (British Airways), AMS - CGK (Garuda) and CGK - PER (Garuda).
LastMinute offer this as a single ticket booking.
My question is, since they are not alliance partners, will BA check the bags all the way through, and am I protected if one flight is late causing me to miss a subsequent flight?
LastMinute offer this as a single ticket booking.
My question is, since they are not alliance partners, will BA check the bags all the way through, and am I protected if one flight is late causing me to miss a subsequent flight?
I would be very wary as to if it is a true single PNR / single ticket booking.
Friday 13 Dec 2019 is close to the Christmas peak.
Have you looked at getting a separate ticket to Eu and separate ticket Eu-Perth, with a long time (overnight) between flights?
Cheapest is not always the best or most sensible.
MH Malaysian, QR Qatar or another Asian airlines are other options. Look at other UK airports MAN, EDI etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport
Sep 8, 2019, 1:05 pm
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And there is likely a difference between having the flights on a single PNR (Any TA can add whatever flights to a single PNR), and having them on a single ticket (meaning the transfer is guaranteed by the airlines).