Separate tickets same airline booked directly

I don't think so. It wouldn't hurt to ask, though.

I doubt it. Technically, because the contract for each ticket is from point A to point B. And if on your first leg of your separate trip you've arrived at point B, (even if it's really late) they've lived up to their contract. If you buy it on one ticket and you miss your connecting flight due to them, they'll get you to your final destination somehow, at no extra cost. Because the tickets are booked separately, they may say, "of course we'll get you on a different flight. The price difference at this last minute is $$$$."

But the real answer comes by contacting the airlines directly. Maybe it's not too late to rebook the whole trip under one ticket.

To paraphrase Dirty Harry, “are you feeling lucky, flyer”. The contract of carriage only requires the airline to get you from A to B on each ticket. The airline might get you to your final destination if you miss the second ticketed flight, but it has no legal obligation to do so.

We've done this 2-3 times for international flights and showed our second ticket on a partner airline and asked at the desk when checking in, they were able to join our tickets and check our luggage through. Never hurts to ask and I don’t know what would happen if we missed our second flight because that wasn’t an issue but with our luggage booked to the final destination I think that would have helped with our joined itinerary.

Does the airline offer the 2 separately booked flights as a single ticket itinerary?

If not, the separate bookings are very unlikely to receive any 'mercy' if you are late for the 2nd flight.

As others have said, they may have pity on you, but they probably have no obligation to do anything for 'free'.

. It was cheaper to book it separately as I covered ORD to DUB roundtrip with Avios. I just don't want to stay in Dublin the day before the flight back.

Two independent tickets are just that two independent tickets unless you can get them linked. Why book it this way?

You pays your money and you takes your chances means that when you do something that involves a risk, you cannot control the outcome, so you may win or lose and should accept that.

How much time between flights?

Good luck

Depending on the airline, I believe you can call and talk to a representative and have the flights connected.

I just started looking into this myself yesterday. We are booked on BA in November through LHR to Amsterdam. I wanted to change our 2nd flight to Brussels and it was actually cheaper than the flight from LHR to Amsterdam. They told me it would be 400 more. I then realized the same flight to LHR but to Brussels did indeed cost 400 more. I started googling and it appears this is common practice for BA. The problem is if you buy the tickets separately they don't have to worry about getting you on a new (2nd) flight if your 1st flight is delayed.

We're going to go ahead and fly into amsterdam and just train immediately to Bruges.

Depending on the airline, I believe you can call and talk to a
representative and have the flights connected.

Airlines are in general pretty reluctant to do that. But you can always ask, it might work.

But if it's two single tickets it's two single tickets and the airline have no responsibility if you miss your 2nd flight. They might be nice and help you, but they don't have to.

No. They are two separate contracts with the airline. If you are able to get the tickets combination onto one ticket, you may have a chance. But if you have two seperate confirmation numbers, each destination is a seperate obligation. The airline has no obligation to get you to destination #2 if you don’t show up at the gate for whatever reason.

Very simple….No.

Highly unlikely unless you have superstar status with that airline or an alliance partner. The type of flyer that spends tens of thousands of dollars on the airline each year. On United these whales have what’s called Global Services status.

As others mentioned there is no contractual obligation to protect your second flight. Also if an airline were to routinely do this for passengers then word would get around. Everyone would book two separate flights for the cheaper fare when warranted.

No.

As others have said, an airline may be willing to check bags all the
way through to the final destination, but it is a hit or miss thing. Airline
status may help if you check bags at the counter for status flyers.

But no chance they will accept liability and/or provide duty of care
should the first flight be delayed and cause you to miss the 2nd
flight. It is the risk you take for the savings you got.

Twice, friends have contacted Delta and were able to connect tickets. It might depend on the circumstance, but yes, they were willing to do it. Whether an airline would assist with unconnected flight likely depends on the airline, the tickets purchased, and circumstance.

Two independent tickets are just that two independent tickets unless you can get them linked. Why book it this way?

My Avios (reward points program with Aer Lingus) were expiring at the end of this year. So I used them all for a roundtrip ticket that only covered ORD to Dublin on my way to Belgium and Switzerland. I like to gamble.