Does booking flights on a third party website produce a single PNR?
I am currently in the process of researching flights from DRW (Darwin, Australia) to TLV (Tel Aviv, Israel).
It am currently considering an itinerary with the route DRW -> SIN -> FRA -> TLV with the DRW -> SIN leg being with SilkAir and the rest with Lufthansa. I have not been able to find this itinerary on airline websites, only third-party websites, e.g. Orbitz.
I have been trying to understand in what cases I would need to pass through immigration/border-control in connection airports, rather than just being able to stay "airside" the entire way. From my research so far, it seems that if my booking is under a single PNR, then I would likely be able to be checked in for all the flights at the first airport, and so would be able to just remain "airside" the entire way, in SIN and FRA.
Now what I am trying to understand is whether booking through third-party websites will in fact produce a ticket which is under a single PNR. For example if I book through Orbitz, though it'd also be helpful for me to know whether that is the case in general.
So the question is whether booking through third-party websites will in fact produce a ticket which is under a single PNR, mainly in the case of Orbitz, but a more general answer would also help.
How I got to this itinerary is that I used Hipmunk to search for itineraries, and then it led me to Orbitz. On the Orbitz online booking pages, I do not see anything about PNRs or whether it is a single "ticket" or not, or anything like that. It just lists the flights and asks for my details. It does link to a Terms & Conditions page but that page doesn't seem to say anything about this issue.
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How is flight PNR number generated?
Whenever a passenger books an itinerary, the travel agent creates a PNR in the Computer Reservation System used by the airline or railway company through company's website.At this stage of booking, the CRS will generate an alpha-numeric record locator that remains the same irrespective of any further changes.Is airline booking reference and PNR same?
A booking reference, also referred to as a PNR or Record Locator, is the airline's internal identifier for your flight booking within their computer system. It is generated by the airline's computer system, not by the travel agent or GDS.Can same flight have different PNR number?
If your booking is for the roundtrip in the same airline (in single booking), then your PNR will be the same for both outbound and inbound flights. If you book your trip with different airlines then you will have 2 different PNRs for each airline.Is flight PNR number unique?
If you will look at your air ticket, a PNR number is a unique number (generated for each booked ticket) that collects and reflects your basic details like your name, mode of travel, date of travel, destination, your lounge or special meals facilities, requested seats and even your specified medical conditions.MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE WHEN BOOKING TRAVEL THROUGH THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES | EXPEDIA, PRICELINE, TRIP.COM
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