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Help with Aer Lingus Booking

  • 04-03-2011 11:39am
    #1
    RadioCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭


    Can anyone shed any light on this one? Struggling to find any info on it.

    I booked a flight for a friend on Monday, from Belfast to Heathrow returning the same day. As it turns out she has to go tomorrow and has had to make other arrangements.
    Even though she won't use the forward portion of the journey BFS-LHR, will the return journey still be honoured if she takes the reservation number to the check in desk at Heathrow?


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  • #2
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    With Aer Linugs, yes, the return flight will still be valid. Budget airlines work like that, selling you essentially two independent one-way tickets, each of which you can choose to use or forfeit.

    Be careful with legacy "proper" airlines though. With those, a no show on any flight means all subsequent segments are automatically canceled.


  • #3
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    undo wrote: »
    With Aer Linugs, yes, the return flight will still be valid. Budget airlines work like that, selling you essentially two independent one-way tickets, each of which you can choose to use or forfeit.
    Be careful with legacy "proper" airlines though. With those, a no show on any flight means all subsequent segments are automatically canceled.

    :confused:
    If the passenger does not show up for the first leg, the rest of the ticket is cancelled. OP said they purchased a return ticket.


  • #4
    RadioCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭RadioCity


    I flew recently with EI and if you check in online before you go, you get 2 boarding passes.

    Even though I booked it as a return, is it not still effectively 2 separate flights?


  • #5
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    snubbleste wrote: »
    :confused:
    If the passenger does not show up for the first leg, the rest of the ticket is cancelled. OP said they purchased a return ticket.

    Sorry, maybe I did not express it clearly enough: With EI, there is no such thing as a return ticket. You buy two separate tickets (with one booking number on them). If you skip one of the flights, the other one is unaffected.

    Legacy airlines handle this differently. But Aer Lingus operates like budget airlines in this regard.


  • #6
    RadioCity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭RadioCity


    Is it sufficient to turn up for an Aer Lingus flight with just the reference number at the check in?


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  • #7
    undo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭undo


    RadioCity wrote: »
    Is it sufficient to turn up for an Aer Lingus flight with just the reference number at the check in?

    No. You will need your ID. No ID, no flight. The reference number is completely unnecessary by the way.


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