Originally Posted by
KARFA
If you are likely to need a checked bag can you include that in your request to your TA?
With most of my work European travel being on airlines that do not regularly include checked bags I usually specifiy what I want as a matter of course and let the TA work out what fare to book.
I wish it were that simple. All fares are benchamrked in the TA website against the cheapest available fare (often another airline) and the travel policy allows for a certain % difference meaning all fares including a bag (on BA) are out of policy. It stinks really.
Originally Posted by
cameramaker
Employers should mandate it in their travel policy and booking systems. So many dumbos in my organisation book HBO fares and then end up paying and expensing airport baggage fees, its a joke.
I totally agree!