A3's new "Hold My Booking" service
May 28, 2018, 5:14 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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A3's new "Hold My Booking" service
Aegean gives now the option to hold a booking for up to 48 hours for domestic flights or 72 hours for international. Of course there is a charge: €3 for domestic and €6 for international. No discounts for A3*G unfortunately. "Hold my booking" is available for up to 5 days before departure for domestic and 10 days for international. More info here.
Last edited by MrArkadin; May 28, 2018 at 9:07 am
May 30, 2018, 1:12 am
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Netherlands
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May 30, 2018, 2:40 am
#6
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Indeed but for many of their markets they are still operating under old style traditions where their demographic of passenger still goes into a office to pay for a ticket rather then use their credit card via website. A3 does not have the same type of passenger or indeed same markets as TK. Also be aware that TK does not guarantee the price when you hold it. If they amend their fares in the meantime then you are liable to the increase.
May 30, 2018, 11:52 am
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BA offers a version where if you actually go ahead with the purchase the 'hold' fee gets refunded and you pay the price of the ticket without the fee. For us it's a better system, as you only pay for the hold if you don't proceed with the booking. I guess Aegean decided to go for the maximum profit model, like a few other changes that spring to mind!
May 31, 2018, 9:21 am
#9
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That makes the service quite useless! Yes, you may be able to hold a reservation in a specific fare bucket...but if that promo fare increases in price, you are out of luck!