Expert: Roberto Gomes - 8/18/2010

Question
I am  novice when it comes to traveling by plane. I need to go to dallas from ny and back in 1 day. non stop flights are way to expensive so I am looking into stop over.s from what I've read theres 2 types. On is you get off the plan and go to a diff plane the other you just get off the plane but come back on the exact same plane. How do I determine which one is which on travelocity? also am I correct that if you dont change planes you just get off for a few minutes while new ppl get on and then it takes off?
Thanks

Answer
Dear Aaron,

The term stopover is normally used to determine in one itinerary that you break your journey and stay in a particular city for a few days.

The term transit is used in two instances:

1. when you're travelling from A (flight #1) to C via B and change planes in B (flight #3);
2. when you're travelling from A (flight #1 all the way) to C via B and you don't change planes.

On the first example the connecting time at B can be from 30 minutes up to several hours and on the second example normally you stay on board since the stop takes around 30-40 minutes.

Always check the flight itinerary, normally displayed as non-stop or with change in flight numbers.

Hope this helped you.
If you need any additional info, please let me know.
Best Regards,
R. Gomes