Why do Ryanair allow me to book connecting itineraries through a third party, but not through their own website?
Yesterday I booked trip to Rome.
I found this journey through Skyscanner and booked it through Kiwi.com.
Before booking with Kiwi, I tried searching the same flights up directly with Norwegian Air and Ryanair, to see what the prices were there. With Ryanair, I could not find the flight at all. Ryanair told me they do not offer any flights between those cities. They still tell me that.
While researching for this question, I found out that I can actually find the individual legs of the flights on Ryanair.com, just not the whole CIA-OSL stretch. The thought occurred to me that perhaps they want to avoid selling the whole journey on a single booking, so that they are not liable for missed connections, etc, but it seems to me that whatever they gain from that should be way less than the lost revenue from not offering the trip at all?
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Can you book a flight and not take the connecting flight?
When Is It OK to Skip a Flight? There are only two cases where you're probably OK skipping an onward flight. First: If you skip a flight that's the final leg on a multi-flight ticket, and therefore nothing is left for the airline to cancel.Does Ryanair have connecting flights?
A minimum of 150 minutes is required to make a connecting flight. Please ensure you are at the gate for your onward journey at least 20 minutes before your connecting flight departs. The maximum time allowed for a connecting flight is 6 hours.What does connection mean when booking a flight?
A connecting flight or transit flight is to reach the final destination through two or more flights, namely, traveling without any direct flights.How do I arrange my connecting flights?
Here's how.Making A Change To Your Booking | Ryanair
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