We are going to Orkney in the fall, which is serviced only by Loganair. We are stopping in Reyjavik for a few days on the way home. There are just too many moving parts on these flights. A lot of the problem comes from airlines wanting the other legs of the flights and punishing you for going away. Timing of flights is also ugly.
I am tempted to book each leg separately. I expect to pay somewhat more, but is it insanely more?
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Good advice. One complication is that both of the ultimate destinations are islands, eliminating some of those tricks. The solution to the Bridges of Koenigsberg problem is two walkers instead of one, and I may just go on two trips a couple of weeks apart.
I did the "completely separate airline reservations, independently made" thing for a trip to Scandanavia, and then my plans changed for in-country (traveling in a group by train from the capitol rather than meeting up at the destination). Because it was too late for me to get a refund on the onward flight, the airline wouldn't even cancel it for me.
That didn't stop the airport baggage system from knowing I had an uncancellable onward flight and trying to send my bags on without me, however.
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