Honeymoon Mexico

Sala

Hi all, I am trying to figure out how to get to Mexico in October without loads of stops or transfer time.

Sky Scanner is directing me to eflights which shows I can fly from here to Gatwick and Gatwick on. Only problem is all options say on the return leg you have to move airport, from Gatwick to Heathrow. That can't be right, can it? It's not even giving Ryanair as an option even though it flies from Gatwick. I, afraid I'm missing something?

bewhiched

Would u not ring trailfinders I'm booking Mexico fir march and Aer lingus can't get us home from Gatwick as there flights are not released. But trailfinders said they will be soon.

Best of luck

Sala

Thanks but I would think October flights are released? Also when I look up Ryanair / awrlingus and virgin I can see the flights from dublin to gatwick and then cancun so I could just book them, I was just afraid I was missing something as it should come up on sky scanner I thought

Tangey99

No one flies directly to Mexico from Ireland, so you are looking at a min of 1 stopover.

Assuming you are looking at cancun:-

AA do it via JFK.
BA do it via gatwick.
Delta do it via Atlanta.
United do it via New York/ Newark, but timings mean you need to stay in New York overnight.

All of the above fly with the respective airlines for both legs of the journey. This means that should you miss your connection for some reason, the airline must get you to your destination, and provide accommodation etc.

If you book the two legs separately, then it is up to you to sort out your onward journey if something delays you, and then deal with your insurance company when you return.

Note that you might see some options from online booking companies to book you with multiple carriers, such as aer Lingus to Gatwick and then onwards with virgin. This appears to be one ticket, but in fact it is two separate bookings, so you have no protection.

Sala

Tangey99 wrote: »

No one flies directly to Mexico from Ireland, so you are looking at a min of 1 stopover.

Assuming you are looking at cancun:-

AA do it via JFK.
BA do it via gatwick.
Delta do it via Atlanta.
United do it via New York/ Newark, but timings mean you need to stay in New York overnight.

All of the above fly with the respective airlines for both legs of the journey. This means that should you miss your connection for some reason, the airline must get you to your destination, and provide accommodation etc.

If you book the two legs separately, then it is up to you to sort out your onward journey if something delays you, and then deal with your insurance company when you return.

Note that you might see some options from online booking companies to book you with multiple carriers, such as aer Lingus to Gatwick and then onwards with virgin. This appears to be one ticket, but in fact it is two separate bookings, so you have no protection.

Thank you very much. I know no one flies direct but I don't want an overnight or 30+ hour journey. I have just looked on BA website and when I do a search it lists all different airlines, under the BA code. Are these 1 booking or 2 and what level of protection is there?

Tangey99

Any flight you find on BA.com will be all on one ticket, and thus will provide protection in the event of your first flight being late. BA has arrangements with certain airlines such as AA etc to sell seats on their planes as if they were BA seats.

Of course you must book the journey at the one time. If you book 2 separate BA flights, one to Gatwick, and another one to cancun, you won't be guaranteed the same protection.

The same applies if you book on any of the websites associated with the airlines I mentioned in the earlier post,