Originally Posted by
Maestro Ramen
Hmmm, Saudia have pushed my CGK-TUN return back by one day. Not really great as I had booked 2 nights in TUN hoping to visit town a bit.
Last time they did something like this I called the LDN office and got rebooked on QR fairly hassle free. It was last year and it was also booked via GTG. I think I read on some thread around here that they are stricter now than they used to be if you booked ticket via OTA?
Alternatively will they pay the extra hotel night in CJK? Not that it would be my top choice tbh. I love my 6 hour layovers in JED as much as anyone here, but would not say no to a shorter layover at Al Mourjan!
I think you will have better luck in getting rebooked on an alternative carrier such as QR than having them pay for the extra night. The same happened to us on the way back from MRU last year and the call center was very firm on the impossibility to pay for an extra hotel night's getting rebooked on another airlines in full fare J was not a problem though, many options were proposed, I would advise though to do you own home work and find the alternative you want and propose it to the agent. I called the SV call center in Germany for this change and it was hassle free really. Positively surprised by this, no western airline would have rebooked me on another metal that easily.