[Ipg-smz] Travel booking sites
Dana Blankenhorn
danablankenhorn at gmail.com
Tue Jul 2 12:32:20 UTC 2019
I was sent to Skyscanner yesterday for my European flights in September.
While the event is near Frankfurt, I finally figured out I'm better off
flying through Munich and taking a train from there, since my wife bought
us a Danube cruise for the following week and that's where it exits.
Skyscanner did find a flight on KLM that looked like a bargain. It sent me
to KLM to buy it. Turns out, however, the return flight is actually the
same Delta jet Jenni's gotten booked on for her return trip. (Thank you,
code sharing.) The cruise company is paying her airfare but they wanted to
send me through Charlotte because it would be cheaper. Now they won't pay
for my travel at all.
Point being I agree with the points being made here. Ultimately, buy from
the airlines.
Dana Blankenhorn
http://www.danablankenhorn.com
http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/
https://www.kiplinger.com/fronts/archive/bios/index.html?bylineID=631
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 11:01 AM Wayne Rash <wrash at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I agree with Tom. There are too many things that can go to hell when
> traveling. If you’ve bought your ticket through the airlines, they don’t
> have someone else to blame. I’ve never found the price differences to be
> significant in regards to the total cost of travel, especially when you
> look at the risks involved with buying tickets through someone else. The
> last thing I want to see is finger-pointing at 4:00AM. On my last trip to
> CeBIT, British Airways was late leaving IAD, because the pilot was stuck in
> traffic in Northern Virginia. This meant I missed by connection at LHR, and
> had a 12-hour layover to get to HAJ. Because BA had been booked directly,
> and it was clearly their fault, they picked up the cost of meals, a room at
> the Marriott, and an upgrade. They also paid just under $1000.00 in
> penalties. If that ticket had been purchased through a consolidator, I’d
> have been out of luck.
>
>
>
> The same is true with hotels. For example, I can book with Marriott and
> get the lowest available price, meaning that if another vendor offers a
> better price, the hotel will match it. But they also have very liberal
> cancellation policies so you don’t get stuck. A couple of years ago my wife
> and I were going to take an anniversary trip to Vienna and Budapest, but
> shortly before travel was to start, my doctor tole me not to go. Cancelling
> the hotel rooms I’d booked myself was quick and easy. Cancelling rooms I’d
> booked through Amex was nearly impossible.
>
>
>
> WR
>
>
>
> *From:* Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> *On Behalf Of *Tom
> Henderson
> *Sent:* Monday, July 1, 2019 7:18 AM
> *To:* ipg-smz at netpress.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] Travel booking sites
>
>
>
> My son bought a ticket through an aggregator on Skiplagged. The aggregator
> owns the ticket, and so when changes must be made-- especially on
> non-refundable flights-- should you miss a segment for whatever reason, the
> rest of the ticket is binned.
>
> Imagine at 0400 when he calls as he misses flight from LHR to PDX his is
> cancelled. The retail same-day price was then charged, and he was robbed of
> about US$1700. Why? The train from Paddington to Heathrow was delayed an
> hour.
>
> When things flow smoothly, there is a great price advantage. When there's
> a problem, the aggregator must be contacted to approve changes in the
> routing as they technically are the agent of the ticket. If you can't
> contact the aggregator or the aggregator won't/doesn't have a method to
> alter the ticket in your favor, you're beat.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7/1/19 4:37 AM, Richi Jennings wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 1:22 AM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
> wrote:
>
> Never buy a flight from anyone other than the airline. … Ask me how I
> know this.
>
> OK, I'll bite.
>
> // @RiCHi <http://twitter.com/RiCHi> | +44.7789.200701 | 1.408.256.0084 |
> richi.uk
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>
>
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