Though online flight bookings have made our lives easier, people often end up making a number of mistakes at the time of booking. A lot of times, these mistakes can prove very costly, and can severely affect your travelling experience. To help you avoid them, we have created a list of five most common mistakes that occur when booking international flights.
Flight booking has benefitted travellers in numerous ways. The process is quick, convenient, simple, and more importantly, helps you compare and book a flight with the cheapest airfare. Whether you are booking a flight for the first time or the hundredth time, there are several opportunities to make mistakes, especially when you are booking an international flight.
To help you avoid these mistakes, we have created a list of five most common mistakes that several travellers commit when booking international flights.
- Passenger information typos
One of the most common mistakes done during international flight booking is typing the wrong spelling of the passenger’s name or passport number. A lot of travellers often end up entering the name which doesn’t exactly match with the name in the passport.
Remember that petty mistakes in the name and passport number can prohibit you from catching your flight. So, ensure that you double check the information you enter before clicking on the submit button.
- Not considering the transfer time in case of connecting flights
A lot of times, especially when you are flying to an international destination with carriers like Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, etc., connecting flights prove cheaper than direct flights. If you are booking a connecting flight to reach your destination, ensure that there is enough time left to reach the next flight.
Also, make sure that you arrive and depart from the same airport. In a lot of cities, there are separate international and domestic airports. Do consider this fact if you are booking a domestic transfer flight.
- Not checking the price before clicking confirm
From the time you select a flight to the time you enter the details and pay for the ticket is more than enough for the airfare to significantly fall or rise. Its great if the price falls, but
Ensure that you double check the price when you are about to pay for the tickets, and also check if there are any kind of sneaky add-ons or additional charges added to the fare.
- Not checking luggage transfer information
While most of the travellers do check the maximum luggage they are allowed to carry; they do not consider other important information regarding the transfer of their luggage. This is particularly important when you are booking a connecting flight, and if you’ll be flying in two flights from the same carrier but from different airports.
In these cases, your luggage won’t follow you from flight to flight automatically. You’ll be required to collect the luggage after first flight and then recheck it for the second flight. Choosing a single operator for the connecting flights, and arriving at and departing from the same airport can avoid this problem.
- Not checking the baggage allowance
With the increasing number of low-cost carriers, the total luggage that you are allowed to carry for free has dropped significantly. In case of international travels, it is very common to have some extra luggage than what you are allowed to carry.
Check the luggage policy of the carrier, and if you know you’ll have more than the maximum limit, pay for the extra luggage at the time of booking the flight tickets. It will surely be cheaper than checking the luggage at the airport and then paying for the extra weight.
If you want to ensure that your online flight booking experience is free from pitfalls, and your flying experience is smooth, make sure that you avoid these five common mistakes at the time of booking.
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