I’ve noticed something frustrating when booking flights.
If you book a single itinerary, airlines will rebook you if you miss a connection.
But if you book separate tickets (which is often cheaper), you’re on your own. If the first flight is delayed and you miss the next one, you just lose the ticket.
I saw a lot of people on Reddit saying they either:
- avoid separate tickets completely, or
- add big buffers (2–5 hours), or
- just accept the risk
Some even said they treat it as “no protection at all.”
So I started working on a simple idea:
After you book your flights, you can buy a small “fallback” — if delays make your connection realistically impossible and you miss it, you get a fixed payout to cover a new ticket.
Not trying to predict risk or tell people what to book — just give some downside protection after the fact.
Still very early, just validating if this makes sense.
If you book a single itinerary, airlines will rebook you if you miss a connection.
But if you book separate tickets (which is often cheaper), you’re on your own. If the first flight is delayed and you miss the next one, you just lose the ticket.
I saw a lot of people on Reddit saying they either:
- avoid separate tickets completely, or
- add big buffers (2–5 hours), or
- just accept the risk
Some even said they treat it as “no protection at all.”
So I started working on a simple idea:
After you book your flights, you can buy a small “fallback” — if delays make your connection realistically impossible and you miss it, you get a fixed payout to cover a new ticket.
Not trying to predict risk or tell people what to book — just give some downside protection after the fact.
Still very early, just validating if this makes sense.
Curious what people here think:
- Would you ever pay for something like this?
- Or do you prefer handling this risk yourself?