What is a Linked Travel Arrangement?
A linked travel arrangement (LTA) is like a ‘package holiday light’. It bears a strong resemblance to a package but it does not give you the same protection.
To have an LTA you must have bought at least two travel services within a 24 hour period but have paid for them separately.
Examples
• You may visit a travel agent and purchase a flight and pay for it then and there but then, as a separate transaction, buy hotel accommodation from the same travel agent. However if the travel agent describes this as a ‘package’ or has clearly ‘combined’ the travel services this would be a package.
• You may buy the flight and then return the next day to purchase the accommodation.
• You may visit an accommodation booking site and buy hotel accommodation and then click on a link to a flight booking site and buy a flight. This would be an LTA if you had to enter all the flight details, your personal details and your payment details again. If you did not have to re-enter all these details this would be a ‘click-through’ package.
• You purchase a flight from a travel agent or OTA and then within 24 hours they send you an email prompting you to purchase car hire, which you do separately, this would be an LTA.
• You purchase a flight from an OTA and pay for it at once and then return to the site within 24 hours and buy hotel accommodation and pay for it separately this would be an LTA.