Airline question: Connecting flights

[Mermaidman]

Hopefully one of you road warriors would know the answer. I would call the airline, but don't wanna wait 30 minutes for a CSR . . .

I'm in a situation requiring that I book two different tickets on the same airline:

Ticket 1:
Day 1: City A to City B
Day 2: City B to City A

Ticket 2:
Day 2: City A to City C
Day 3: City C to City A (not relevant)

My fear is that on Day 2, the first flight (B to A) is delayed and I cannot make my second flight (A to C). Normally, the airline would accommodate a missed connection and put me on the next available flt, but because it's two different tickets, would that still apply? :\

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Have to call the airline I guess... how far apart did you space the flights?

 

[JulesMaximus]

You're flying on two different days? Edit-Reread your post 2-3 times and I have no idea what the heck you're talking about...

Where are you flying from/to exactly and how long is the delay between your flights in hours? When I book flights I try to get as short a layover as possible, like around an hour or so. I hate waiting around for hours when traveling.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Dear Lord. I had to read your post three times to follow your thought pattern. The only part that matters is the connecting flight and, yes, the airlines will put you on the next available flight if necessary.

 

[Mermaidman]

Have to call the airline I guess... how far apart did you space the flights?

I can space it 3 hours apart in order to play it safe, but I have experienced so many flight delays and cancellations this summer in the southeast (ATL, CLT etc) that I cannot take anything for granted anymore.

I have already bought Ticket #2, so it cannot be changed. I have to buy Ticket #1 in above scenario, and it's for a different client . . .

Dear Lord. I had to read your post three times to follow your thought pattern. The only part that matters is the connecting flight and, yes, the airlines will put you on the next available flight if necessary.

Sorry Magnus, brevity is not my forte. 😳

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Q: Why didn't you call the ailine to begin with and ask them to place your desired travel schedule on a single itenerary?

 

[syee]

If you're concerned about it being on one ticket, why not book it as a "multi-city" ticket. (I know United offers this)

In any case, if you're checked through at your original departure point (i.e. at City B, they give you a boarding pass for City B, A and C, then they'd rebook you. My guess is that if you had to re-check in at City A to C you might have a bit of a problem.

If you don't want to sit on the phone and wait, you could always tell the ticketing agent in City B when you leave that you are going City B->A->C so they can check your bags all the way through and give you all the boarding passes at once.

 

[Turin39789]

My advice is to call the airline

 

[ravana]

See if you can merge your itineraries, I know you can do this on continental.