Split ticketing means dividing a journey into several separate tickets because the sum of the parts costs less than the through booking.
Split ticketing means dividing a journey into several separate tickets because the sum of the parts costs less than the through booking.
Also called: Ticket splitting.
How it works#
The saving comes from revenue management: price levels are steered separately for each sector, so two cheap sectors can undercut one through fare. The cost is the loss of through-ticketing protection, since these are separate tickets with all that follows for connections, baggage and rebooking. Unlike hidden-city ticketing, it breaches no conditions of carriage.
Not to be confused with#
Split ticketing is not the same as hidden-city ticketing: with split tickets every booked flight is actually taken, with a hidden-city ticket one deliberately is not.
In German#
The German term is Split-Ticketing. German version of this term
Related terms#
- Separate tickets: Separate tickets are two independent bookings covering one journey with a connection, where no airline is responsible for the transfer between them.
- Hidden-city ticketing: Hidden-city ticketing means booking a flight beyond the intended destination and getting off at the connecting airport because the longer trip is cheaper.
- Fare rules: Fare rules are the conditions attached to a specific airfare covering changes, refunds, validity, stopovers and mileage earning.
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