Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Programs: TK Elite Plus,BAEC GGL,ITA Executive, AFKL Gold,QR Gold,HH Diamond,Bonvoy Gold,ALL Gold
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Also, a reminder that when changing, cancelling tickets voluntarily, OTA's are allowed to charge passengers a service fee which could sometimes be really harsh.
Once I have saved about $200 on a BA ticket by booking through an OTA; although while the change fee behalf BA was something around $150, the OTA had an additional service fee of $250 for a change. I was lucky that the itinerary didn't need a change, but I've learnt my lesson to check all the policies before booking through an OTA.
Plus during COVID, many reputable OTA's had issues with refunds; constantly offering vouchers and denying refund claims, etc... so these days I also avoid booking through an OTA for this as well.