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Yes, I have seen this on many occasions, on flights to USA, Europe and Australia with multiple connections.
The scenario is exactly as you describe - at the airport where they cannot be checked through, you need to pick up your luggage then check it back in for the next leg of your journey. A long as you plan for it, it ends up just being a mildly ...
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In general, the only way that you will be guaranteed to have the airline re-accommodate you on a later flight in the event of a delay is to book the flights on the same ticket - which basically means that you need to buy all of the flights together, from the same source. There is no means to "combine" them after booking, even if they are booked on the same ...
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The credit card format ticket was either a Halbtax Abo, a Generalabonement or a Gleis 7. The Halbtax Abo is basically a subscription that is valid for 1, 2 or 3 years and that will reduce all train tickets by 50%. The subscription itself costs around 150 CHF per year. The Generalabonement is is a ticket for one year that allows you to use any train, and ...
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The itinerary you have cited is not an uncommon one for me, and I do this sort of thing often. It takes a lot of legwork to put these together, and sometimes a bunch of open-jaws is how it ends up, but occasionally by choosing the right layover city, you save a bunch in time and expense.
Kayak.com is an excellent resource for these types of trips. You ...
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Any time this type of issue has happened for me (with BA, BMI Star Alliance, and one of the US airlines) I just call and tell them the website can't cope.
Every time I have had a useful help person who did whatever was needed to make it happen.
Sometimes you just need to get a human to make it happen.
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Whether you can get a refund on a ticket will depend on the fare conditions of that ticket. Your confirmation should make clear of these conditions and you'll have been made aware of them prior to purchase.
If you booked a cheap advance fare by TER Corail (in the region of about £18-20) then this will likely be a non flexible meaning it's not refundable ...
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Without knowing which airlines were involved, I assume that noone is able to answer your question reliably, but it might very well be that the luggage really couldn't be checked through to the final destination.
Another common scenario for this is if the last leg of a multi-leg trip is a domestic flight. In this case, customs must be cleared at the first ...
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The specific policy will depend on your fare rules and on the airline you choose, but a week is a frightfully long time when it comes to airline tickets.
Revenue tickets
Some airlines let you pay a fee to reserve a seat and guarantee the price at the time of booking for up to seven days. For example, United calls its offering FareLock, Air France Time to ...
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Yes, it is an there are many reasons why it can happen. The airlines not communicating is one of them but I think the most common reasons are policies of transit airports. This is why luggage is nearly always tagged to its destination with all flights and yet the passenger has to move it himself. In some airports there is an express way to check luggage back ...
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There is a website which shows you in sample pictures how your view looks like depending on the seat you chose during this event.
Some general points:
The tournament lasts the whole day, from early morning. It's great to see how the younger fighters and their fighting style differs from the older, professionals.
The matches themselves are over in mere ...
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Swiss Pass could be a very good option. When I went to Switzerland for 4 days, I paid in pounds (£153 if my memory serves me correct), and traveled the whole Swiss network for 4 days. They have some limitations, but the cost is worth it.
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It has already happened to me, and I think the gate agent just made his work. Who sold you the ticket (be it a travel agency, a website, or so on) should have indicated that you would need to pick your luggage and check in again. And by doing so you (your brother) should have planned to have enough time to do so.
In general it happens in domestic - ...
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In my experience, airlines generally will are rebook you in case of connection delays if they are codeshare partners (for example, BA and AA resell each others' flights across the Atlantic), or are in the same alliance. As always, frequent flyer status is likely to expedite this too.
I cannot say how much of this is "guaranteed" or legally required. I ...
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In the US, Southwest Airlines does not interline with anyone (except ATA on its codeshare flights), so it is impossible to check luggage through to or from a Southwest Airlines flight connecting to another carrier -- one of many reasons I won't fly on SWA.
I believe EasyJet and Ryanair have similar restrictions.
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Yes, these tactics do work. I have experienced, for example, the rising price effect when refreshing a browser window with an itinerary already listed. After the refresh, the price has increased. I opened another browser (Chrome), did the same search and the price was the initial lower price. I refreshed, and the price went up to match that of the original ...
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