Originally Posted by
kellytoronto
Without commenting on the obvious fraud aspects of this proposition
Whoa that's heavy to throw around! Who is being defrauded by this potential scenario? As far as I see it, I'm getting the service they paid for, and capturing the savings (which they had/would happily spend) for my own use. I do this all the time, get people to donate 50%-70% of J fare (so they save money too) to my organization (I work for a charity) and then use points or SWUs to get there much more cheaply.
Originally Posted by
kellytoronto
- C is sold out
- I is almost certainly gone
Actually neither of those are true, but it was booked within 7 days, so the C fare didn't apply. J is ~$3500 each way to LHR and then another $4k r/t to the Middle East destination beyond that (same distance, much better service, half the r/t price...)
Originally Posted by
kellytoronto
As to the RTW suggestion, that's great, but often times business trips don't allow time for all the req'd stopovers.
Yes exactly - I would have DEFINITELY done much much more with $11k than what they did... I never let travel $ go to waste like that... I'd never survive at a big company paying J for all my tickets
I tried to have them re-route my return differently to save at least $2,000 but the TA couldn't see the flights on her computer that Expedia and KVS see fine. ugh!
