Originally Posted by
erik123
Make sure you use an India based OTA to price out the ticket. Not sure about AI but
with Jet the fares offered on the US website are often much higher than the India one.
Thank you for the tip! We'll make sure to do this.
Originally Posted by
Often1
OP, as to your questions:
Before I call 9W, I have a few questions. Given that this itinerary was ticketed and confirmed months ago,
1) Do I have any leg to stand on for requesting that 9W rebook me on the AI flight in J as a substitute? I
don't expect the answer to be yes but want to be sure of that. No
2) How about with AA? AA may cancel and refund, rebook on AA or rebook OA at its option. As a
practical matter here, it will only route you on OW and you have no other options. Fortunately, AI sells the
route for as little as US$66, so it's doable.
3) Does anyone have any more information about the cancellation of all 9W flights to IXR? I can't find any
mention of this online, but the 9W published flight schedule definitely shows it. If both AA and
9W show it as cancelled, it's cancelled. You may, of course call 9W to confirm that if you wish.
Thanks for confirming the things that I suspected. It's an unfortunate situation, but understandable. We are
lucky that the AI flights are so cheap and will make those alternate arrangements.
Originally Posted by
mcnett
Your options are (1) just keep the flight up to DEL, (2) cancel the ticket, or (3) ask
AA to reroute you to a different airport such as CCU (e.g. if 6E's CCU-IXR flight is more convenient for you,
or if you are going somewhere far from Ranchi which would also be accessible from another airport). It sounds
to me like the first option is probably as good as any.
Agreed on option (1) being the best choice. We're flying QR from the US and would definitely prefer their 787
for DOH-DEL than an A320 on DOH-CCU. Ranchi is our destination as it's where my girlfriend's family lives, so
we don't have many other options.
Thank you again to everyone for your tips and suggestions!