On expedia, how can I tell if a flight on multiple airlines is a single ticket or multiple tickets?

I'm looking at purchasing the following trip from expedia:

How can I tell if this is a single ticket for both the GOL and TAP legs or multiple tickets, one for GOL and one for TAP?

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Best Answer

Booking a ticket on "Multiple Airlines" means you would receive two (or more) separate tickets. Which in most cases means you will have to recheck luggage on layovers and risk missing the second flight if the first one is delayed.

The same terminology also applies on other websites, such as Kayak.

Source: previously booking such a ticket. I will try to get an official confirmation from Expedia shortly.

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What does it mean when Expedia says multiple airlines?

Booking a ticket on "Multiple Airlines" means you would receive two (or more) separate tickets. Which in most cases means you will have to recheck luggage on layovers and risk missing the second flight if the first one is delayed.

How do multiple flights work?

A multi-city flight combines flights between several cities into one reservation, saving you the time of booking several one-way tickets between each location. Often, it's a lot cheaper than booking a series of one-way tickets.

When you buy two plane tickets will they be together?

If you purchase multiple tickets in a single transaction, the price will be the same for each of the tickets. If not enough of the lowest-cost seats are available, you'll pay a higher cost for all of the seats. Buy the tickets one at a time to make sure you get all of the lowest-cost seats available.

What does it mean when the airline says separate tickets?

A new update introduces the option to search for separate tickets, meaning that Google will search individual segments \u2014 even if that means booking from different services.

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