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title: "What is Split ticketing? | Benefit Systems"
description: "Split ticketing means dividing a journey into several separate tickets because the sum of the parts costs less than the through booking."
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# What is Split ticketing?

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](/de/glossar/split-ticketing)

## Related terms #

- [Separate tickets](/en/glossary/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](/en/glossary/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](/en/glossary/fare-rules): Fare rules are the conditions attached to a specific airfare covering changes, refunds, validity, stopovers and mileage earning.

## Articles that use this term #

- [Why booking separate tickets can cost you](/en/knowledge/separate-tickets)
- [Can you cancel a booking for free?](/en/knowledge/free-cancellation)
- [What’s in the fare rules, and why read them?](/en/knowledge/fare-rules)