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Itinerary changes international flights
Posted on 3/28/24 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 3/28/24 at 1:07 pm
I’ve noticed more and more in the last few years that there are frequent major itinerary changes for our international flights. The most recent of which required a call and rebook because we wouldn’t make the connection. This is the 4th itinerary change since booking 3 months ago. Any of you travel pros have tips for avoiding this in trips going forward? Is there a timeframe in which they stop the major flight changes prior to trip? I assume they open lots of flight times and then consolidate flights leading up to the date. Just curious if there is a way to avoid this to stop the time consuming calls to airline. (Tried to rebook online it was not an option).
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 1:40 pm to 10tiger
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4th itinerary change since booking 3 months ago
Its happened to me a few times, especially if I book 6 months out or so. But I've never had it cut a connection too short.
What airline are you flying?
Posted on 3/28/24 at 2:11 pm to slinger1317
Lufthansa. It’s frustrating when you choose an itinerary based on time of arrival and total travel time and it gets all mixed up. I don’t know if it’s because there are other operating carriers (United and Sun express) on the itinerary and too many moving parts but it was a mess.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 6:24 pm to 10tiger
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Lufthansa
Left me stranded in Munich after an itinerary change last week. Flew them 4 times in the past year. Every single flight was delayed. Fortunately; only stranded once.
This post was edited on 3/28/24 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 3/29/24 at 4:44 am to 10tiger
I have a Delta trip that I booked 5 months out. Fly in 2 weeks. Bought with points. They have made seven or eight changes now. Craziest part. This last change was a change BACK TO MY ORIGINAL FLIGHTS and they informed me this "new" booking is cheaper. They just redeposited 15,000 miles into my account. LoL.
Posted on 3/29/24 at 6:27 am to 10tiger
I’ve had this happen quite a few times on major international flights. My strategy is that I book flight separately. For instance I usually Fly out of Newark on international flights so I fly there a day or two before my international flight and I stay there a day or two when I return to the US. I try and avoid same day connections when I fly internationally or coast to coast.
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