Booking trip with two different airlines vs same airline? Any differences? One over the other?
I'm deciding on which flight i should take to Honolulu. The cheaper flights seem to have two different airlines. For example, flight to LA on American airlines, then from LA to Honolulu with Alaska. Compared to sticking with one airline. Any bad experiences with having two separate airlines? Is it safer to stay with one airline as in luggage safety?
There are 2 big advantages to flying with the same airline (or two airlines that work together as partner airlines).
1. Your checked bags will be sent through automatically to your final destination. If you have separate tickets, you have to exit the secure area of the airport, collect your checked bags, go check them at the other airline, and then go back through security checkpoint to get back into the terminal. That could take 1-2 hours if the airport and security checkpoints are busy.
2. If you miss a connecting flight because your first flight is delayed, the airline has to accommodate you. Sometimes they will hold the 2nd flight for you, but if they don't, they will have to put you on the next flight or if its the last flight of the day they will have to pay for a hotel for you for the night and get you there the next day. If you have 2 separate tickets on separate airlines and you miss the connecting flight they have no obligation to accommodate you and you could be stuck paying full price for a ticket on a later flight.
American and Alaska have a partnership. If you are booking these flights as part of a single itinerary (you place only one booking, as opposed to two), then there's really no notable difference in your experience. They will switch the luggage for you, and will also handle any rebookings in the case of a delay of your first flight. It is common that airlines cooperate like this with their partner airlines.
However, if you are looking to book your first flight on American and then make a separate booking on Alaska for your second flight, you will lose these conveniences and protections.
It doesn't matter if it's on the same ticket and it's a code share, which likely would be the case with the American/Alaska trip.
It matters if it's a different ticket.
If it's ticketed separately, then you run the risk of flight cancellations if you are delayed or have trouble.
If they are the same ticket, the airline will handle the re-booking if there's travel problems.
If they are part of the same code share group then there's no problem. Like AIr Canada and United are members of the same group.
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