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No Flight Number Yet? Booking an Arrival Anyway

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Sometimes you know you want a pickup booked — the date, the destination, roughly the time — before you've actually got the flight number to go with it: a ticket not yet issued, a connecting flight still to be confirmed, a booking made well ahead of the airline finalising the schedule. You don't need to wait. Book the arrival now, and add the flight number once you have it.

On this page
  1. Booking without it now
  2. Adding it once you have it
  3. What you're actually risking by leaving it blank
  4. If your flight ends up changing entirely
  5. The simplest approach if you're not sure when it'll be confirmed

Booking without it now

Enter your best estimate of the pickup time based on when you expect to land, and complete the booking as normal — route, category, payment. The fixed price is shown and charged the same way whether or not the flight number field is filled in; it isn't a required field to complete a booking.

Adding it once you have it

As soon as your flight is confirmed, contact support or update the booking with the flight number. The earlier you add it before your pickup, the more useful it is — ideally with at least a day or two to spare, though adding it the evening before still gives tracking time to work from.

What you're actually risking by leaving it blank

Without a flight number, your pickup is fixed to the clock time you set at booking, not to your actual landing. If your flight lands late — a common enough occurrence — nobody is watching for that delay on our side, and your driver will be working from the original time you entered rather than your real arrival. That's the entire value a flight number unlocks, so it's worth adding as soon as you're able to.

If your flight ends up changing entirely

A flight number added later only tracks the flight it's attached to — if you end up on a different flight altogether, update the number again rather than assume the old one still applies. And if your whole travel date shifts, that's a different situation covered in the guide on booking with an uncertain landing date.

The simplest approach if you're not sure when it'll be confirmed

Book the arrival with your best estimate now, put a reminder to yourself for whenever the flight is normally confirmed for your kind of booking, and add the number the moment it's available. That way the car itself is secured early, and the one detail that actually depends on the airline is added as soon as it genuinely can be, rather than holding up the whole booking until everything is settled.

What every Förare booking includes

The fixed price you see before booking is the price on your receipt — 6% VAT included, whole car, not per person.

  • Flight tracked — pickup follows your live arrival
  • 45 minutes free waiting, from your driver's confirmed arrival
  • No terminal fee
  • No surge pricing, ever
  • Free cancellation up to 12 hours

Questions people ask before booking

Can I book an arrival pickup without a flight number?

Yes — it's not a required field. Enter your best estimate of the pickup time and add the flight number once you have it.

What happens if I never add a flight number?

Your pickup stays fixed to the clock time you originally set, and a late landing won't be tracked or reflected in your pickup time automatically.

How late can I add my flight number before it stops being useful?

The earlier the better, but even adding it the evening before pickup still gives tracking time to work — it's worth adding as soon as you have it regardless.

What if I end up on a different flight than the one I originally added?

Update the flight number again — tracking only follows the specific flight attached to your booking, not whichever one you actually board.

Does adding a flight number change the price?

No — it has no effect on the fixed price you were quoted, it only affects whether your pickup time follows your actual landing.

Book your Arlanda pickup

Enter the address and you will see the price for the whole car before anything is paid. No account needed.

  • One fixed price for the whole car, 6% VAT included, shown before you pay.
  • We follow the live arrival and move the pickup to the actual landing time.
  • Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.

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