Seperate Tickets
Mar 6, 2016 | 1:45 am
#1
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Seperate Tickets
I am looking to book Amsterdam to Del. The cheapest option is AMS to FRA on LH and then FRA to DEL on AI.
I am unable to price the same on AI, although they have a codeshare, if I book the two tickets separately, would LH tag my bags all the way to DEL on the AI flight.
Also where would I cross immigration AMS or FRA?
The flight connection time between the flights is 1.5 hours. Is it too short for a FRA connection on seperate tickets?
Thanks
I am unable to price the same on AI, although they have a codeshare, if I book the two tickets separately, would LH tag my bags all the way to DEL on the AI flight.
Also where would I cross immigration AMS or FRA?
The flight connection time between the flights is 1.5 hours. Is it too short for a FRA connection on seperate tickets?
Thanks
Mar 6, 2016 | 2:38 am
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Seperate Tickets
They would check your bags through, you would pass through immigration in FRA.
1.5h for connecting T1 to T1 in FRA should be doable, though I personally wouldn't risk it on separate tickets.
Edit: just saw Simon1 beat me to it...
1.5h for connecting T1 to T1 in FRA should be doable, though I personally wouldn't risk it on separate tickets.
Edit: just saw Simon1 beat me to it...
Mar 6, 2016 | 4:43 am
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Mar 6, 2016 | 10:24 am
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This.
Again, if your first flight is delayed for any reason, or there's a delay getting to your next flight, you forfeit that flight entirely, and then you're looking at paying again, for a same-day fare, that could be a lot pricier than this fare. Myself, I wouldn't do this no matter what the difference in fares is. Is there not at least a much later flight you could take?
Mar 6, 2016 | 11:11 am
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Thanks, AI isn't able to see any economy seats on the AMS FRA segment, leaving me with two choices
1) Buy the desperate tickets maybe have a longer layover in FRA - how much time is a safe for such a connection?
2) Travel from train from AMS to FRA airport. Should I assume trains would be running on time? And is reaching 2 hours safe in such a case?
Thanks for your help
1) Buy the desperate tickets maybe have a longer layover in FRA - how much time is a safe for such a connection?
2) Travel from train from AMS to FRA airport. Should I assume trains would be running on time? And is reaching 2 hours safe in such a case?
Thanks for your help
Mar 8, 2016 | 1:28 pm
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Separate tickets with a longer layover should work fine. How long the layover should be depends on your risk tolerance. I would recommend booking an early enough ticket that you have enough time to be rerouted AMS-MUC-FRA or AMS-ZRH-FRA if necessary.