Things are not always
what they seem. What the airline ticket says may not indicate what it really means.
"Code sharing," for example, is a way the airlines are using their alliances--
their other airline partners -- to book you on routes that they do not fly. You step off a
jumbo jet and onto a turbo-prop flight, all the while thinking you were flying a major
carrier for your entire route. Instead, the airlines have switched you to one of their
partner's smaller commuter planes.
Other
airline lingo is also very confusing. You are booked, for example, on a "direct"
flight so you board in one city and get off at your destination without stopping. Right?
No, wrong! A "direct" flight means you will be making one or more stops but
without changing planes. If you don't want to change planes make sure you book a
"nonstop."
A nonstop flight does not stop.
A direct flight stops and then
continues on.
A connecting flight requires you
to change planes.
A through flight involves both a
change of aircraft and airline.
A delayed flight means read a
good book or write one.
Things are not always
what they seem. What the airline ticket says may not indicate what it really means.
"Code sharing," for example, is a way the airlines are using their alliances--
their other airline partners -- to book you on routes that they do not fly. You step off a
jumbo jet and onto a turbo-prop flight, all the while thinking you were flying a major
carrier for your entire route. Instead, the airlines have switched you to one of their
partner's smaller commuter planes.
Other
airline lingo is also very confusing. You are booked, for example, on a "direct"
flight so you board in one city and get off at your destination without stopping. Right?
No, wrong! A "direct" flight means you will be making one or more stops but
without changing planes. If you don't want to change planes make sure you book a
"nonstop."
