Before You Book
Check the exact airports, baggage, transport plan, local times and ticket conditions before paying for your chosen flight.
A complete worksheet means that its cost categories have been resolved. It does not confirm that the flight or ground connection suits your trip. Use this checklist for the offer you intend to buy. A copy is included on the workbook's Checklist sheet.
Match the itinerary
- Check the full airport names and codes at both ends. Do not rely only on a city label.
- Confirm departure and arrival dates and local times, including overnight arrivals.
- Check whether connections involve a terminal change, a different airport or separate bookings.
- Confirm that every offer covers the same traveller group, dates and one-way or return scope.
Check the bags and flight extras
- Read the allowance for the exact fare you selected on every leg: personal item, cabin bag and checked bag are separate questions.
- Check the permitted number, dimensions and weight for each traveller's bags with the provider.
- Count only extras you will actually use or must pay, such as a selected seat or a required fee.
- Make sure baggage and extras already included in your fare are not charged again in the worksheet.
Check the full ground route
- Build the route from your real starting point to the departure airport and from the arrival airport to your destination. Include the return where relevant.
- Check service times, the last available connection and a realistic margin around the flight.
- For a shared vehicle, check that the price covers the group, luggage and vehicle capacity.
- For driving, include the parking stay and any other incremental costs you choose to compare. Explain those in Other journey costs.
- Keep competing transport plans in separate offers. Do not total rail, taxi and parking as if all are required.
Check the ticket and payment
- Read change, cancellation and refund terms for the exact ticket and identify who handles the booking.
- Confirm traveller names against the required travel documents and check the entry and document requirements for your own route.
- Check the currency and any payment or conversion charge. Enter everything in EUR using your own documented conversion.
- Resolve Unknown entries and recheck the provider's final checkout total before paying.
Rules, times and charges depend on your actual providers and itinerary. This checklist does not assert a particular airline allowance, airport fare or German transport-ticket entitlement. Verify those details on the relevant provider's official website.
