You snooze, you lose.
May 31, 2011, 6:59 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: Flying Blue Gold, Air Berlin Gold, Etihad Silver (bad move)
Posts: 420
You snooze, you lose.
Schoolboy mistake but very annoyed with myself. Found an AF fare of E330 from DUB to BOS on June 16, returning June 20. Spent 24hours thinking about it, and has now gone up by over E200.
Furious with myself. Should have held it. Wondering now whether to book or to wait a little while. Will not make the same mistake again.
Furious with myself. Should have held it. Wondering now whether to book or to wait a little while. Will not make the same mistake again.
May 31, 2011, 7:13 am
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: London, UK and Southern France
Posts: 18,364
Annoying indeed but look at it this way: there will be other times when you will kick yourself for buying a ticket a week before the airline announces a sale and the price of the ticket goes down substantially.
Win some, lose some...
Win some, lose some...
May 31, 2011, 10:59 am
#4
Moderator: Aegean Miles+Bonus
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: AMS / ATH
Programs: AFKL Plat, A3 Gold
Posts: 7,339
Even the most expensive Y fare makes only 2000 extra miles (one way) over the cheapest fare. Since each FB mile is worth about 1 cent, that makes a difference of 20 euro (one way) in miles.
As the max earning Y fares are a number of times more expensive than the discounted ones...its not a great investment to buy a more expensive fare for the sake of miles.
As the max earning Y fares are a number of times more expensive than the discounted ones...its not a great investment to buy a more expensive fare for the sake of miles.
May 31, 2011, 5:46 pm
#5
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 112
You lose, you don't snooze
I once ended up having to select a very early departure after I'd selected the more civilised flight time I wanted but backed-out of it when my indecisiveness kicked in. When I went back I assumed someone else had taken the last seat but actually it was me keeping the seat I wanted from myself. I didn't realise until after I'd completed the purchase and then found the flight I wanted was still in a 'basket' from the earlier session. Oops.
Jun 1, 2011, 2:00 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ireland, South Africa
Programs: FB Ivory, Amex MR
Posts: 81
This happend to me not to long ago DUB-YYC. The fare was around E800 and when I went back the following day it went up by E300. I was fed up and started searching around and found the low fare on Expedia - exact same flights!!! give it a try!!!
Jun 2, 2011, 8:04 am
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
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Or book through a travel agent.. they can usually hold reservations for a day or two. Or course you must pay them a ticketing fee... but that's better than 300 euros increase, don't you think?
Jun 2, 2011, 8:29 am
#8
Moderator: Flying Blue (Air France & KLM)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Rotterdam, NL
Programs: Flying Blue (AF/KL)
Posts: 4,711
Or the option to think on the AF/KLM website. E15 to hold your reservation for 10 days.