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Apr 13, 2016 | 5:17 am
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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The agent may be rewarded for sending EK lots of business by being offered cheaper fares; the fares could be consolidator resales so from the pov of EK the tickets are already sold; resold special fare to agent might be more profitable for EK than a public fare with associated GDS, payment processor and back office costs.
I assume if you book via an agent that the booking gets transferred to our Skywards accounts in time and we can manage our booking in the usual way on the EK website?
Apr 13, 2016 | 11:58 am
#17
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If any changes are required before you fly, you'll have to deal with the agent, not EK. This can cause problems, as can potentially more stringent Ts and Cs.
Apr 13, 2016 | 12:50 pm
#18
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Thanks, so there's no catch, it's exactly the same offering at a lower price from a different source - i.e. I'd rather have the 300 so if I can get lower fares from an agent I should go with them.
I assume if you book via an agent that the booking gets transferred to our Skywards accounts in time and we can manage our booking in the usual way on the EK website?
I assume if you book via an agent that the booking gets transferred to our Skywards accounts in time and we can manage our booking in the usual way on the EK website?
You may save a couple quid but you could face higher change fees and significantly lower mileage earning if those are things that matter to you.
Apr 13, 2016 | 1:05 pm
#19
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Apr 13, 2016 | 1:17 pm
#20
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Correct, thanks for clarifying. Changes as in actual itinerary changes won't be possible.
Apr 14, 2016 | 3:38 am
#21
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 454
Thanks guys for the advice; read T & C very carefully on both before going with an agent and make sure if I do that the Skywards number is quoted from the start. There's never such a thing as a free meal is there, someone has to pay.
Apr 14, 2016 | 4:35 am
#22
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 74
Discount
Got a 5% discount the other day by using a Voucher code (which actually works out at around 4% because it is only applied to the flight cost, not taxes etc). Booking direct with Emirates. It is always tempting to book with a consolidator until some thing goes wrong and then the airline will only speak to/deal with them. Not you. Pays your money takes your chances I suppose.
Apr 14, 2016 | 4:51 am
#23
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Got a 5% discount the other day by using a Voucher code (which actually works out at around 4% because it is only applied to the flight cost, not taxes etc). Booking direct with Emirates. It is always tempting to book with a consolidator until some thing goes wrong and then the airline will only speak to/deal with them. Not you. Pays your money takes your chances I suppose.
Apr 14, 2016 | 8:52 am
#25
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http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/p...guarantee.aspx
i.e. we're happy to refund tens of pounds but not hundreds of pounds.
Apr 14, 2016 | 9:54 am
#26
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 74
Voucher code
Cheers
Apr 14, 2016 | 9:58 am
#27
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
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Location: Manchester, UK
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Anyway, here is some more info :-
http://www.headforpoints.com/2015/04...discount-code/
Apr 14, 2016 | 10:40 am
#28
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 18
Interesting but when I checked it out in seems to suggest it's UK price match guarantee applies to economy only (we're travelling business):
http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/p...guarantee.aspx
i.e. we're happy to refund tens of pounds but not hundreds of pounds.
http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/p...guarantee.aspx
i.e. we're happy to refund tens of pounds but not hundreds of pounds.
The first one was for 7 people travelling in Y - 300+ Refund
Second was single ticket in J - 150+ refund