Was it a big mistake to buy an airline ticket from Skyscanner Hi Everyone, I wasn't even thinking and bought a one-way ticket from Skyscanner instead of going directly to the British Airways website to book directly with them for a flight from Rome to London Is this a big mistake? I remember people posting on the forum at one point that you should never
Skyscanner - Rick Steves Travel Forum Skyscanner is basically just for searching all options so you can see what is available Then you will book flights directly with an airline of your choice Don’t book with third party agencies such as Expedia, CheapoAir, etc no matter how good prices look there If you have any problems with your flights, booking direct with the airline is a better way to solve them should they arise If
Google Flights, Kayak, or ? or ? Which is better - Rick Steves The software that Google flights uses is ITA Matrix It was a private company but is now owned by Google The software is used by numerous airlines including Ameican, Delta, United, Virgin Atlantic and your beloved Turkish Airlines I use it Kayak is owned by the parent company of Priceline Skyscanner is Chinese owned Google Flights makes most of its money by selling the software to
Is Hop2 legitimate? - Rick Steves Travel Forum Hello - Skyscanner directed me to a website named "Hop2" for my U S Europe flight The price quoted is unbelievably cheap, the schedule is perfect and it's on a major carrier I've never heard of Hop2 Is it legit or a scam? thanks for any info!
Possible silly question about Skyscanner - Rick Steves I usually use Skyscanner only for intra-Europe flights, but am trying it out now for a trip next May Whenever I call up details for a flight that requires a connection I see the notation "connect in airport," which seems odd--where else would a person access a connecting flight? Does this phrase
Multi-city vs two one way tickets - Rick Steves Travel Forum What is the general advantage of booking multi-city instead of two one way tickets I was on Skyscanner, used multi-city, and chose booking with the airline It then recommended I book the two flights separately anyway Is this an airline thing? Airline is TAP EDIT: Thanks for the input,
Skyscanner Success! - Rick Steves Travel Forum We use Skyscanner the same way we use Google Flights or Kayak: we use it to search for flights, then book from the airlines themselves It is handy to be able to see a number of airline options on the same screen The only time we used a third party vendor to book flights, the itinerary worked, but there were some fraught moments when KLM couldn't easily find our booking record It worked out
Skyscanner Website - Rick Steves Travel Forum I have recently used Skyscanner to find the fares, then booked direct with Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa and British Airways - for short hops for our December trip For one of these tickets, Onetravel would have charged a fee for me to pay with a credit card, which Lufthansa didn't (on the same fare)
eDreams - Rick Steves Travel Forum Booked using eDreams on Skyscanner and got a message from RyanAir saying they didn't have a relationship with them They want verification it's me - I'm feeling a little worrisome Has anyone else had this issue?