Yatra and the "Indian Resident" agreement when purchasing??
I'm a US citizen living in India and was going to purchase a through Yatra, but there is a box at the end that confirms you are a resident of India, and agree to the terms and conditions. after reading the T&C section, there is nothing under Kingfisher, who I am trying to purchase the flight on, that states you need to be an Indian Citizen, NRI, etc..., as there is under others. Has anyone else checked the box and had any issues flying as a westerner? The flight is 1000 INR less than the Kingfisher website fare, so it would be nice to get that fare!
Last edited by skierpony; Jul 2, 09 at 10:25 pm.
Reason: spelling error
You could just book direct with the airline - it'll be cheaper as you get something less than the transaction fee Yatra adds on [and besides the airlines reserve their cheapest fares for their own website].
Yatra wont particularly care as long as your credit card's good for the payment.
The flight is 1000 INR less than the Kingfisher website fare, so it would be nice to get that fare!
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Originally Posted by hserus
You could just book direct with the airline - it'll be cheaper as you get something less than the transaction fee Yatra adds on [and besides the airlines reserve their cheapest fares for their own website].
I ended up just using Makemytrip.com, which doesn't have the funky NRI requirements and had the same fare as Yatra at 2088 INR (flykingfisher.com was at 3268 INR or something like that). Speaking of this one, I've traditionally been a 9W flier here, but after realizing i can get EQMs on Kingfisher, I started grabbing those flights when possible, but their website doesn't take 3 different credit cards and both US and Indian, then they blame me for it (HDFC, USbank, Chase, all visa's), anyone else have this issue on the Kingfisher website or phone system when purchasing? I've ended up either going to the office or using online agents which is a hassle.
I've a Hong Kong issued HSBC card that's worked on kingfisher. You need to be registered with verified by visa / mastercard securecode. And you need to tell your card vendor that you're transacting in India else they may have card fraud detection mechanisms that'd get tripped when you try to initiate the transaction online.
