Travel via Edreams

HillStreetBlues

born_again said:

Ok.
My understanding was that if you were transferring onto another international flight your baggage automatically was transferred for you. So you did not have to wait to collect & then check in again. 🤷‍♀️

It can depend on how the ticket is issued.
Single ticket then it might be done automatically, even if different airlines. (always check the luggage tag they put on)

But as Ryanair are a point to point airline, can't see how luggage would be transferred

DullGreyGuy

born_again said:

Standard practise to transfer luggage on connecting flights.

No... standard practice to transfer luggage on continuous tickets in countries that allow air-side transfers. The OP however have said their first of three flights is with RyanAir and so its not a continuous ticket as RyanAir only do point to point. 

Pollycat

I'm confused why the OP's brother would book a flight from Birmingham to Dublin then on to Islamabad when there are flights from BHX to ISB via Dubai (on Emirates)?
The flights run every day except Saturday.
Why put this extra step to Dublin in to the itinerary?
Price?

What was the benefit in booking with eDreams rather than direct with the airline?
Price?
When you add an agent into the mix, you may make it more difficult if you need to make changes.
You are the agent's customer.
The agent is the airline's customer.
I've read of airlines refusing to deal with the passenger as that is not the person they have the contract with.

Sometimes it's worth paying extra for convenience and guaranteed connections.

DullGreyGuy

Pollycat said:

I'm confused why the OP's brother would book a flight from Birmingham to Dublin then on to Islamabad when there are flights from BHX to ISB via Dubai (on Emirates)?
The flights run every day except Saturday.
Why put this extra step to Dublin in to the itinerary?
Price?

What was the benefit in booking with eDreams rather than direct with the airline?
Price?
When you add an agent into the mix, you may make it more difficult if you need to make changes.
You are the agent's customer.
The agent is the airline's customer.
I've read of airlines refusing to deal with the passenger as that is not the person they have the contract with.

Sometimes it's worth paying extra for convenience and guaranteed connections.

UK tax on a direct flight would be £191 whereas to Dublin its £13 plus then the Irish tax of €10... with circa £170 differences in tax there is a reasonable prospects of making savings which could be material if there are multiple people travelling. If all the savings are materialised is a separate matter and it comes at the cost of a non-continuous ticket.

The benefit of using a site like eDreams is that they will create this multi-airline bookings easy to find. The OP couldnt have gone to Emirates site and found it because the first step is with RyanAir.

Not all agents are equal and I wouldnt tar all companies with the same brush. Travelling to France with friends our flight was cancelled due to strikes the night before... our travel agent got them to rebook us to a flight with BA leaving 10 minutes after our original departure time. Whilst we were sat waiting to take off our friends who'd booked direct hadnt even managed to get hold of AirFrance yet having been in the telephone queue for hours. 

born_again

DullGreyGuy said:

born_again said:

Standard practise to transfer luggage on connecting flights.

No... standard practice to transfer luggage on continuous tickets in countries that allow air-side transfers. The OP however have said their first of three flights is with RyanAir and so its not a continuous ticket as RyanAir only do point to point. 

Thanks for the education 👍& @Pollycat
I stand corrected.

Re above. It will be price related. But every time a extra link is added, the scope for delays & cancellation becomes greater. Especially when using budget airlines.

Daughter watches the Radfords on u-tube. They recently flew to New York. Manchester to Heathrow to Barcelona to New York. Crazy when they could just have flown direct from Manchester. Especially given 1st flight was delayed & then cancelled losing a day.

Pollycat

DullGreyGuy said:

Pollycat said:

I'm confused why the OP's brother would book a flight from Birmingham to Dublin then on to Islamabad when there are flights from BHX to ISB via Dubai (on Emirates)?
The flights run every day except Saturday.
Why put this extra step to Dublin in to the itinerary?
Price?

What was the benefit in booking with eDreams rather than direct with the airline?
Price?
When you add an agent into the mix, you may make it more difficult if you need to make changes.
You are the agent's customer.
The agent is the airline's customer.
I've read of airlines refusing to deal with the passenger as that is not the person they have the contract with.

Sometimes it's worth paying extra for convenience and guaranteed connections.

UK tax on a direct flight would be £191 whereas to Dublin its £13 plus then the Irish tax of €10... with circa £170 differences in tax there is a reasonable prospects of making savings which could be material if there are multiple people travelling. If all the savings are materialised is a separate matter and it comes at the cost of a non-continuous ticket.

The benefit of using a site like eDreams is that they will create this multi-airline bookings easy to find. The OP couldnt have gone to Emirates site and found it because the first step is with RyanAir.

Not all agents are equal and I wouldnt tar all companies with the same brush. Travelling to France with friends our flight was cancelled due to strikes the night before... our travel agent got them to rebook us to a flight with BA leaving 10 minutes after our original departure time. Whilst we were sat waiting to take off our friends who'd booked direct hadnt even managed to get hold of AirFrance yet having been in the telephone queue for hours. 

Maybe not all agents are equal.
I'll hazard a guess that the agent you used was neither eDreams or Kiwi.

Both those need tarring with the same brush.

The OP already knows what level of service his brother can expect from eDreams.
Perhaps the saving of circa £170 per person is not sounding that much of a bargain right now.

HillStreetBlues

born_again said:

Daughter watches the Radfords on u-tube. They recently flew to New York. Manchester to Heathrow to Barcelona to New York. Crazy when they could just have flown direct from Manchester. Especially given 1st flight was delayed & then cancelled losing a day.

Many moons ago wanted to go from LHR-BWI   the cheapest AA ticket involved 1 stop  it was LAX
As you would expect I didn't book it.  The LHR-LAX single flight was a lot more than the fare quoted with the stop over

DullGreyGuy

Pollycat said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Pollycat said:

I'm confused why the OP's brother would book a flight from Birmingham to Dublin then on to Islamabad when there are flights from BHX to ISB via Dubai (on Emirates)?
The flights run every day except Saturday.
Why put this extra step to Dublin in to the itinerary?
Price?

What was the benefit in booking with eDreams rather than direct with the airline?
Price?
When you add an agent into the mix, you may make it more difficult if you need to make changes.
You are the agent's customer.
The agent is the airline's customer.
I've read of airlines refusing to deal with the passenger as that is not the person they have the contract with.

Sometimes it's worth paying extra for convenience and guaranteed connections.

UK tax on a direct flight would be £191 whereas to Dublin its £13 plus then the Irish tax of €10... with circa £170 differences in tax there is a reasonable prospects of making savings which could be material if there are multiple people travelling. If all the savings are materialised is a separate matter and it comes at the cost of a non-continuous ticket.

The benefit of using a site like eDreams is that they will create this multi-airline bookings easy to find. The OP couldnt have gone to Emirates site and found it because the first step is with RyanAir.

Not all agents are equal and I wouldnt tar all companies with the same brush. Travelling to France with friends our flight was cancelled due to strikes the night before... our travel agent got them to rebook us to a flight with BA leaving 10 minutes after our original departure time. Whilst we were sat waiting to take off our friends who'd booked direct hadnt even managed to get hold of AirFrance yet having been in the telephone queue for hours. 

Maybe not all agents are equal.
I'll hazard a guess that the agent you used was neither eDreams or Kiwi.

Both those need tarring with the same brush.

The OP already knows what level of service his brother can expect from eDreams.
Perhaps the saving of circa £170 per person is not sounding that much of a bargain right now.

No it wasnt, wasnt an online agent at all. 

The painful lesson on the difference between price and value however in reality the majority of people dont have a flight cancelled etc and so are happy with buying cheap because they never have to experience the service. 

Personally, this is what I find really odd about people talking about their energy or broadband supplier etc... I really cant have a notable opinion on them because I never have a need to talk to them... the DD gets taken, my lights keep switching on. 

Pollycat

DullGreyGuy said:

Pollycat said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Pollycat said:

I'm confused why the OP's brother would book a flight from Birmingham to Dublin then on to Islamabad when there are flights from BHX to ISB via Dubai (on Emirates)?
The flights run every day except Saturday.
Why put this extra step to Dublin in to the itinerary?
Price?

What was the benefit in booking with eDreams rather than direct with the airline?
Price?
When you add an agent into the mix, you may make it more difficult if you need to make changes.
You are the agent's customer.
The agent is the airline's customer.
I've read of airlines refusing to deal with the passenger as that is not the person they have the contract with.

Sometimes it's worth paying extra for convenience and guaranteed connections.

UK tax on a direct flight would be £191 whereas to Dublin its £13 plus then the Irish tax of €10... with circa £170 differences in tax there is a reasonable prospects of making savings which could be material if there are multiple people travelling. If all the savings are materialised is a separate matter and it comes at the cost of a non-continuous ticket.

The benefit of using a site like eDreams is that they will create this multi-airline bookings easy to find. The OP couldnt have gone to Emirates site and found it because the first step is with RyanAir.

Not all agents are equal and I wouldnt tar all companies with the same brush. Travelling to France with friends our flight was cancelled due to strikes the night before... our travel agent got them to rebook us to a flight with BA leaving 10 minutes after our original departure time. Whilst we were sat waiting to take off our friends who'd booked direct hadnt even managed to get hold of AirFrance yet having been in the telephone queue for hours. 

Maybe not all agents are equal.
I'll hazard a guess that the agent you used was neither eDreams or Kiwi.

Both those need tarring with the same brush.

The OP already knows what level of service his brother can expect from eDreams.
Perhaps the saving of circa £170 per person is not sounding that much of a bargain right now.

No it wasnt, wasnt an online agent at all. 

The painful lesson on the difference between price and value however in reality the majority of people dont have a flight cancelled etc and so are happy with buying cheap because they never have to experience the service. 

Personally, this is what I find really odd about people talking about their energy or broadband supplier etc... I really cant have a notable opinion on them because I never have a need to talk to them... the DD gets taken, my lights keep switching on. 

You don't have to suffer the service...until you do.

Personally, I'd rather get where I'm going with the minimum elapsed time and minimum effort.
But maybe I'm in a different financial position to the OP's brother or some other people.

Last time we went long haul, we had one stop (no non-stop flights to Bali).
Talking to other people in the hotel who had done what the OP's brother has done, they wished they'd done the same when they realised we had a very short layover in Singapore (onward flight to Bali was a guaranteed connection) and had spent a lot less hours travelling than they had.
Some people go for cheap without weighing up the benefits of paying a higher price