Q&A

Can I fly 2 different airlines?

Can I fly 2 different airlines?

It depends. If both airlines are on the same ticket (same alliance or not), there is a good chance your bags will be checked right through to your final destination. If they are on separate tickets, you (probably) will have to collect and recheck your bags between flights.

Can you link 2 airline reservations?

Yes just phone them after both bookings have been made. 2. Re: Can you “link” airline reservations made separately w/miles? Yes, you can, but it doesn’t guarantee that you will be treated as one party.

Can luggage be check through on different airlines?

Good news first: in principle, it is possible to have your luggage checked through to your final destination, even if you have two separate tickets. But all airlines that are involved in your trip must have some kind of cooperation. There are various forms of agreements between airlines.

What is an interline agreement between airlines?

Interlining, also known as interline ticketing and interline booking, is a voluntary commercial agreement between individual airlines to handle passengers traveling on itineraries that require multiple flights on multiple airlines. Airlines can also promise free rebooking if the connection is lost due to a delay.

What airline is the best to fly with?

Here are the 10 best U.S. airlines, according to TPG’s report and their highest and lowest performing areas:

  1. Delta Air Lines. Top-performing areas: involuntary bumps from flights, lounges.
  2. Southwest Airlines.
  3. United Airlines.
  4. Alaska Airlines.
  5. American Airlines.
  6. JetBlue Airways.
  7. Hawaiian Airlines.
  8. Spirit Airlines.

Can you add someone to your flight reservation?

Once a reservation is confirmed, you are not able to modify the passengers on the booking. Simply create a new reservation for your additional passengers.

Do I have to recheck my bags on a connecting flight?

Usually, passengers don’t have to recheck their bags when they’re flying domestically. If you’re connecting in the U.S., they require everyone from international flights to re-check their baggage upon the first landing point.

Do you have to check in again on a connecting flight?

In cases where the connecting flight is one another airline or another terminal, passengers must go through a security and baggage check once again before you get on board the connecting flight to reach your destination.

What are the benefits of connecting passengers when there is an interline agreement?

Interline agreements were developed to provide convenience for customers who could only get to their destination via a connection using two different airlines. Agreements cover fares where both carriers agree to publish a fare from the origin to the final destination and then internally divide the revenue between them.

How do Codeshares work?

A codeshare flight is defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a “marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline, and sells tickets for that flight.” Simply put, airlines use codeshare flights to sell tickets to destinations they don’t actually …

Is it against the law to book two flights at the same time?

That said, there is “against the law” and then there is “against the rules.” While you’re definitely not going to get hauled off to jail for booking two tickets and only using one of them, the practice is in fact a violation of the Contract of Carriage at most airlines.

Are there two different airlines, two different tickets, baggage?

1. Re: Two Different Airlines, Two Different, Tickets, Baggage? You are lucky that having bought separate tickets thy are both with oneworld carriers so AA will give you the same protection as single tickets – they are not obliged to check bags through to final destination but will probably do so if you ask.

What happens if you buy two airline tickets?

You should be able to transit Madrid without going through passport control or customs since you’re not entering Spain. You’re pretty lucky those are both One World. You can cause big problems buying two tickets like that. If the first flight is late, the second airline is in no obligation to hold the second ticket for you.

Can a single ticket be checked on two different airlines?

You are lucky that having bought separate tickets thy are both with oneworld carriers so AA will give you the same protection as single tickets – they are not obliged to check bags through to final destination but will probably do so if you ask. http://www.aa.com/i18n/agency/Booking_Ticketing/Reaccom/oneworld_tkt_policy.jsp

1. Re: Two Different Airlines, Two Different, Tickets, Baggage? You are lucky that having bought separate tickets thy are both with oneworld carriers so AA will give you the same protection as single tickets – they are not obliged to check bags through to final destination but will probably do so if you ask.

You are lucky that having bought separate tickets thy are both with oneworld carriers so AA will give you the same protection as single tickets – they are not obliged to check bags through to final destination but will probably do so if you ask. http://www.aa.com/i18n/agency/Booking_Ticketing/Reaccom/oneworld_tkt_policy.jsp

You should be able to transit Madrid without going through passport control or customs since you’re not entering Spain. You’re pretty lucky those are both One World. You can cause big problems buying two tickets like that. If the first flight is late, the second airline is in no obligation to hold the second ticket for you.

What to do when you have to connect flights on different airlines?

If you have a short connecting time between flights, take only a carry-on and personal items with you. Book flights on different airlines that are part of the same airline group or alliance to make sure you earn frequent flier miles for your entire trip.