I have checked in through Kiwi in the past, but it doesn’t happen automatically I don’t think with any airline or website check in, you will get an email that you can check in and you click through and confirm name luggage etc.

Yep, with any airline you pretty much have to pay for selecting seats these days unless it prompts you to do it when you book – you can go into manage your booking and do it or call them

Hey you’re thinking of next vacay – it’s awesome

This is a great article – I also travel worldwide and have been for 11 years – currently in Nepal – what is the name of the low budget flight organization started by a couple you recommended on Facebook with a 30 day trial then its $25 per year – a great deal – I can’t find it on your site — thank you!

And there’s no way to check in ahead of time online with the individual airlines? I just want to make sure I have all the information before I book anything. I know you don’t work for them but I’m having a bit of issue finding info on them from people other than those who messed up their own flights. I would have a two hour layover for my flight there so rechecking in when I just have a backpack shouldn’t be an issue, but I believe I’d only have an hour- hour and a half for my flight home. In your opinion, is that cutting it a bit too close? I definitely understand the guarantee and that’s great but I’d obviously like as little issue as possible when traveling. Thank you for your time and responses!

You would have to go out and recheck in as if you were just showing up at the airport during your layover since the two airlines are not codeshares. This is what makes the flight so much cheaper – and you don’t have to worry about missing your connection because kiwi offers a garuntee that if you do they will put you on another flight no charge. BUT if you carry a lot of luggage then it can add up checking luggage again and defeat the purpose of the cheap flight (so you need to balance out that cost).

I used to check Momondo but haven’t in years. Google flights, I do check – but the difference is that Kiwi doesn’t show you only codeshares while Google flights does. This is what makes the kiwi flights cheaper – but you have to sometimes collect your baggage and recheck in as they are not codeshare flights. Kiwi basically does “flight hacking” for you but gives you protection in case you miss your connection. Google flights only shows you codeshares so if you miss a connection, the airline will sort you out on another flight.

No you don’t – usually it says “visa may be required” as it doesn’t know your nationality and it’s a robot putting up the message.

Hey I use it a lot – you just drag the circle to draw how big you want it!

Fine to do if you are booking just one leg on one airline or two legs on one airline – but the thing kiwi does is let you book two different airlines not in a code share and if you miss that connection they will put you on another flight free of charge. If you book through Ryanair for a leg and another airline for another (lets say kiwi found British Airways for another leg) to complete the journey, and you miss the connection you’re just SOL.