Date changes beware

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:31:24 +0000

Some new changes creeping in with the airlines – been around for a while however just wanted to highlight it for you. When you have lets say a year return ticket and your departure date comes up, you have to change it however do not know the date, well be sure to change it as in the rules most airlines if you do a no show on your ticket you loose it. Now also be aware that you have to have a new date , the ticket reissued or re validated which ever is the case, here is an extract of the rules for your info.

ONE DATE CHANGE IS PERMITTED FREE OF CHARGE.
CHARGE DOES NOT APPLY TO INFANTS UNDER 2 YEARS OF
AGE NOT OCCUPYING A SEAT.
CHANGES PERMITTED TO DATE OF TRAVEL OR CONNECTING
POINT ONLY.
NO CHANGE PERMITTED TO ORIGIN/DESTINATION/STOPOVER
POINTS. CHANGES MUST BE MADE IN THE ORIGINAL PNR.
RESERVATIONS MUST BE CHANGED ON OR BEFORE THE
ORIGINAL TRAVEL DATE SHOWN ON THE FLIGHT COUPON
CONCERNED. CHANGES MADE AFTER THAT DATE ARE NOT
PERMITTED AND THE TICKET HAS NO VALUE.

Naturally the free date change is ust for this specific ticket, now even if you do not know your date you need to change your ticket and yes you guessed it use your free change or pay for it which ever is the case and then pay when you want to change it for the real date that you want to fly. Be aware as you cannot cancel, leave it open and then book it when you want as it will be worthless and unusable!

Open return tickets

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:10:53 +0000

Ok so you are all ready for the big step to buy your ticket. Now you have heard everyone tell you that you should get a one year open return ticket. What does this mean? This effectively means that you can use the return portion of the ticket for up to a year from date of departure. Now remember a few things, you need to book your return when you know the date you would like to return. You cannot just show up at the airport and fly when you like as there may not be availability for you. Book far in advance as possible as it is possible there is limited availability on the dates you would like to return.

Now that this has been said you must be very aware that a lot of airlines have moved away from open return tickets and often do not allow them. OK so what does this mean? This means that a date must be booked in the system and reflected on the ticket that you hold a confirmed return date. Now what ever you do not do a no show on this ticket! If you are going to make changes or not use the ticket for the date that it is booked , then change your date well in advance. Be aware that there is a difference and a lot of airlines do not allow open dated tickets. If you see a return date on your ticket then you are booked to come home and you DO NOT Have an open return ticket so change the date before the date printed on the ticket if you are going to make changes.

The next question that can be raised is why have airlines moved away from this? Well for one an open segment “disappears” in the system, so when you make changes to the ticket a new booking is created with a new vendor locator’s and the history of the booking cannot be tracked.

Guys be awre and do not do a no show!

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Date changes beware

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