CONTRACT SCENARIOPNR A ≠ PNR B
Who pays when separate tickets miss a connection?
A connection on the screen may be two unrelated contracts.
2INDEPENDENT CONTRACTSAssume the onward ticket is at your risk until written protection proves otherwise.
Map the protection break between two bookings and price the replacement-flight exposure.
Decode the confirmation ↗Change an assumption.
Change the answer.
What moves the result.
First carrier
Its obligation may end at the destination printed on the first ticket.
HURTSSecond carrier
A late arrival from another contract may look like an ordinary no-show.
HURTSSeller protection
Some sellers add their own guarantee, but only its written terms count.
CONTEXTBEFORE YOU BUY
Three facts to verify.
This is contract-risk guidance, not legal advice or a determination of liability.
- 1Find each ticket number chain
- 2Search the receipt for self-transfer wording
- 3Price a replacement ticket before accepting the risk