SeparateTickets

Booked four first class tickets for spring break about two months ago for myself, my wife, my daughter, and her friend. Each ticket was around $1800. The friend just told us she can’t go because she doesn’t want to be away from home that long. I called American Airlines and got...

That’s a tight one. You’d land at 9:20, but that’s wheels down. By the time you taxi, deplane, and wait for bags, it could easily be 9:45 or later before you’re actually walking out of baggage claim. Then you have to get from the AA terminal to TBIT (or wherever United is...

Arriving international at T7 around 11am, then need to get to T4 for a 2pm domestic flight. Separate tickets. So it’s: immigration, customs, collect luggage, AirTrain to T4, recheck bag, security again. Last year I had 4 hours and only a carry on and it was fine. This time I’ll...

This comes up more than you’d think. Booking A to B on one ticket and B to C on another isn’t some rule breaking hack by itself, especially if an agent did it because the system was throwing errors. As long as you’re not doing hidden city stuff or intentionally bypassing fare...

Booked Emirates from Country 1 → DXB, then a totally separate Air Canada ticket DXB → Nova Scotia. Wondering if EK will tag both bags all the way through. In most cases Emirates won’t interline bags to another airline on separate tickets anymore, even if the airlines can...

Flying MEX–NRT on Aeromexico, then NRT–HKG on Cathay. Turns out they’re separate tickets, so Aeromexico won’t through-check my bags. Looks like I’ll have to clear immigration, grab luggage, re-check with Cathay, and go back through security. Layover is 3h05m. Anyone done this at...