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Buying an airplane ticket for someone without a last name/surname
The 2023-2024 Airline Industry Reservations Interline Message Procedures (archive link) issued by the IATA specify that you should write your passenger's name as the last name and use "FNU" (...
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Airline forcibly changed return flight destination city over a month in advance. Are we eligible for compensation?
Well, the staff at the destination airport will definitely not help you out with transportation or lodging (but may give you a discount coupon for some hotel they have a marketing arrangement with). ...
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Same flight taking one hour longer with same aircraft on different dates
It's most likely operational.
The change coincides with a daylight savings time change in Germany on Oct 29. For any DST change the schedule needs to be adjusted. They either have to move the ...
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Airline forcibly changed return flight destination city over a month in advance. Are we eligible for compensation?
through a travel website.
This complicates things greatly. Lesson learned: always book directly with the airline unless there is a really really good reason not to.
Your case illustrates the core ...
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Same flight taking one hour longer with same aircraft on different dates
I don't think this is a glitch, as least not in the sense "website does not show correct times or duration because of DST change".
When time changes at either end of the flight, airlines ...
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Why are the airfares for travelling to South America from Europe so high?
but the air fares are around 1,200€ - 1,300€.
In November you can get Berlin to Santiago roundtrip for about 900€ on, e.g. Air Canada. See below
visiting Vietnam
Using the same search, the cheapest ...
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Entering the Netherlands with a Croatian residence permit expiring in 1,5 months
You can enter as long as your residence permit is valid:
Which visa do I need to travel to the Netherlands?
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Valid residence permit issued by another Schengen country
If you already have a valid ...
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