Domestic flights best site
Oct 12, 2014, 3:51 pm
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Domestic flights best site
guys
looking at orbitz and priceline, I see prices about 2x what I can find on airindia.co.in. What are the best sites to use for india domestic travel? I can go to individual airline websites but going to a single site for all your needs saves time
Thx
looking at orbitz and priceline, I see prices about 2x what I can find on airindia.co.in. What are the best sites to use for india domestic travel? I can go to individual airline websites but going to a single site for all your needs saves time
Thx
Oct 12, 2014, 5:41 pm
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One more - I'm looking for BOM-BLR RT Dec 14 & 19. Is this the best time (8 weeks prior) the best time to book or should I wait a little? Currently, I'm getting a flight for 6000 though some other non-convenient times show 4600
Thx
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Oct 12, 2014, 8:16 pm
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You can book directly at an airline's website. Sometimes the 3rd party sites will offer a small discount, but it might be a hassle to deal with them if you need to cancel/rebook, especially from outside India.
Booking early is usually the best, although sales occasionally pop up.
Booking early is usually the best, although sales occasionally pop up.
Oct 12, 2014, 9:25 pm
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You can book directly at an airline's website. Sometimes the 3rd party sites will offer a small discount, but it might be a hassle to deal with them if you need to cancel/rebook, especially from outside India.
Booking early is usually the best, although sales occasionally pop up.
Booking early is usually the best, although sales occasionally pop up.
The 3rd party booking sites add ~INR150 to their fare. And, incase of modification / cancellation, they add an 'Admin Fee' on top of the penalty charged by the carrier.
Only in the case of a promotion, which results in the fare on the 3rd party booking site being much lower, i skip direct booking with the airline.
Last May, I got a deal on GoIbibo for 9W/S2 flights on BOM-HYD-BOM for ~INR3400... The same filghts on the Jet website were available for over INR6000..!
Oct 13, 2014, 3:48 am
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You could use either kayak.co.in or ixigo.com - both of which will query a mix of airline sites as well as third party ones, and present to you a list of options you can pick from. Whichever you pick, you'll be redirected there .. to the airline, or to expedia etc.
Oct 13, 2014, 5:13 am
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Oct 13, 2014, 12:16 pm
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Oct 20, 2014, 1:03 am
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