The Great Hunt: What flights have 'hidden' stopovers?

Gloomendoom

Jo_Crabtree wrote: »

In the event we had to get off and go through security where those passengers who had bought alcohol in the previous stop over had their bottles confiscated. I assumed that this was because the bottles were bigger than the allowed amount, though it was a Muslin country.

My sister had this happen to her with sunscreen your assumption is probably correct. It was about 50 quid down the drain.

She wasn't happy at all.

tain

eDicky wrote: »

Scheduled stops are often mentioned in the 'flight details' during the booking process, otherwise you can Google the flight number and find many websites detailing the flight.

Cheers.


So if it says '0 stops' in my details, then I'm fairly confident I'm ok?


Flight details

Flight:BAxyz Non smoking
Operated by: American Airlines
Departing from:etc etc
Arriving at:etc etc
Number of stops: 0
Flying duration:3hrs 2mins


Edit: this is just one of my flights. There are 11 hour flights which I was more concerned about, same 0 stops.

tain

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My sister had this happen to her with sunscreen your assumption is probably correct. It was about 50 quid down the drain.

She wasn't happy at all.

It's for precisely these reasons that I'm concerned!

GwylimT

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My sister had this happen to her with sunscreen your assumption is probably correct. It was about 50 quid down the drain.

She wasn't happy at all.

If you are re-boarding the same plane you only need to take your passport with you, your hand luggage can remain in the locker bits.

SW17

Peter_Divall wrote: »

Going to Sydney in the New Year, stopping off 2 nights in Singapore, Travel agent told me I had to pay extra for the flight, because I was breaking my flight, is that correct.

Generally airlines will consider a break of less than 24 hours between flights as a connection, with usually no impact on fare, though less convenient connections may attract a discount.

Any break of over 24 hours between flights is considered a stopover and will mean a different fare basis, which may be higher than one with only a connection (as appears to be the case for you). Some airlines will on occasion offer fares with a maximum number of stopovers allowed.

eDicky

SW17 wrote: »

Generally airlines will consider a break of less than 24 hours between flights as a connection, with usually no impact on fare, though less convenient connections may attract a discount.

I have on occasion used this to have a free stopover, choosing flights with a long connection time where I want to have a quick visit. Simply enter the country through immigration, head downtown, take care of business or visit friends etc, return to the airport and exit through immigration with boarding pass ready for the onward flight. Any checked in bags conveniently stay in transit of course.

minijoe

So the plane touches down unexpectedly for what should be a short stop, you might think "so what" but we had a really bad experience with this. We flew home from Muscat with BA, left on time, weather was fine, but then unexpectedly stopped to pick up extra passengers in Abu Dhabi. Problem was there was really bad fog in Abu Dhabi so it took us 3 hours to get to the terminal and then we couldn't take off for a while 'cos they closed the airport. This delay caused the crew to run out of hours so we had to stop again in Germany to wait for a new crew to be flown out. The cabin also ran out of food and as this was meant to be an overnight flight it was also really uncomfortable to be kept on the plane for so long. It was just meant to be an extra hour to the flying time but due to this "short stop" we ended up being 8 hours delayed arriving back in to London and weren't able to claim any compensation even though we were inconvenienced by BA's desire to go to Abu Dhabi rather than ours!

Blue264

MSE_Sam_M wrote: »

MSE Nick recently thought he'd snagged a bargain-priced flight to Bali with one stopover in Jakarta, only to discover when he got to the airport that it also stopped in Amsterdam to 'refuel'.

We want to know what flight routes and airlines have disguised stopovers.

Have you experienced any?

There's hundreds of routes where this applies.

On a flight display on one of the main booking tools, such as Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan & Amadeus, the only way the agent can tell is by a 1 placed between the airport codes. It will show as...

LHRAUH
AUH1SYD

The agent can expand the itinerary further to advise when the client will be touching down again, to refuel or take on more passengers, but the client shouldn't have to disembark at this location.

As other members have said, the total flight time is the best way to check yourself if you're booking directly on the airline' website.

The same applies to Eurostar, which may show 1 or more stops by the digit between QQSXPG (St Pancras to Paris Gare Du Nord) or Brussels. This would indicate stops at say, Ebbsfleet, Ashford, etc...

SW17

MSE_Sam_M wrote: »

MSE Nick recently thought he'd snagged a bargain-priced flight to Bali with one stopover in Jakarta, only to discover when he got to the airport that it also stopped in Amsterdam to 'refuel'.

We want to know what flight routes and airlines have disguised stopovers.

Have you experienced any?

Lots of airlines operate direct flights with a stop. Slightly unfair to call them "disguised", the airlines are usually clear about it, including Garuda on the route mentioned above (their website clearly says 2 stops from London to Denpasar).

British Airways operates a number of them, mainly to destinations in the Caribbean (stopping at one island on the way to another) and the Middle East (Bahrain/Doha and Abu Dhabi/Muscat), plus of course Singapore en-route to/from Sydney. The website is always clear that there is a stop.

richardw

minijoe wrote: »

...weren't able to claim any compensation....

Why was that ?

How long was the delay in arriving at Heathrow?