Optiontown.com on AI
Oct 18, 2012, 12:53 am
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Optiontown.com on AI
Hi , I have been sent an email from Optiontown.com which included my full AI intinery and offering me a paid for upgrade of 4500INR . Are they a legitimate company and does anyone know if they are connected to AI ?
Many thanks
Many thanks
Oct 18, 2012, 1:23 am
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I've used this only once back in 2010 jan on a Kingfisher BOM-DEL flight.. upgrade cleared as promised..
Oct 18, 2012, 2:25 am
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Wow - this is really cool - could be cheaper than AI's own upgrade option, with advance notification and zero hassles at the airport, as it is at present! ^
Last edited by SuperFlyBoy; Oct 18, 2012 at 2:37 am
Oct 18, 2012, 4:10 am
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Oct 18, 2012, 4:59 am
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optiontown is legit....i have used their service a few times....i didn't know they were offering upgrade options on ai....really good to know....
Oct 18, 2012, 8:42 am
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Oct 18, 2012, 8:55 am
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Oct 18, 2012, 10:31 am
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I've been getting OptionTown emails for most of my AI flights since probably October or November...
They generally aren't a very good value.
They generally aren't a very good value.
Oct 18, 2012, 11:06 am
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I would be concerned about how otoiontown got a hold of your itinerary. Did you book it from a third party site? If they are disclosing yor itinerary to another party, what else is being compromised?
Oct 18, 2012, 11:38 am
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There used to be some cracking deals with Kingfisher.
Best example was my dad. He purchased a cheap Y ticket for lhr-BOM run for about £350....upgraded the return portion for another 300.
This was before kingfisher only allowed upgrades on expensive Y fares which made option town a not so good deal.
Glad to hear that Air India have got a deal with Option town but in all reality, this is something Air India should be able to handle in house.
Best example was my dad. He purchased a cheap Y ticket for lhr-BOM run for about £350....upgraded the return portion for another 300.
This was before kingfisher only allowed upgrades on expensive Y fares which made option town a not so good deal.
Glad to hear that Air India have got a deal with Option town but in all reality, this is something Air India should be able to handle in house.
Oct 29, 2012, 7:14 am
#12
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So guys what shall you do when Optiontown ends an email for Air India itinerary and the flight is all economy, like flt 472 from Bom-Del via UDR. I've already selected 2C but it seems shoddy that they are offering something that doesn't even exist 
Oct 29, 2012, 12:56 pm
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looking at the winter schedule i can confirm to you that the aircraft is an old 320 with all economy seating, however trying to book a seat on the flight on any date past 4th nov (thats the date when this flight is being separated from jdh) it is showing availability in executive and showing equipment as a 319. on that particualr day what equipment you end up having is pretty dicey because i have been seeing lots of last mimute equipment change lately. speaking to a commercial guy in bbi once, i had asked him what did they do when the business class pax shows up with business ticket on an all economy a/c, he had said that they give them the first 2/5 rows as applicable, keep the middle seat empty and he also mentioned that they provide with an upgrade voucher for use on next flight.
i know of later instances where the first row and middle seat empty was followed, however, i am not aware of any other instance of upgrade voucher.
with all the old 320's converted to all economy, they have managed to get more seats, however with IT not flying, i think its not worth it to convert so many a/c's to all economy. atleast 2 rows of J should be there. am aware of a lot of sectors where there is no J traffic, but knowing how air india does its movement of a/c invariably a/c end up on sectors with strong J requirement and no seats.
i know of later instances where the first row and middle seat empty was followed, however, i am not aware of any other instance of upgrade voucher.
with all the old 320's converted to all economy, they have managed to get more seats, however with IT not flying, i think its not worth it to convert so many a/c's to all economy. atleast 2 rows of J should be there. am aware of a lot of sectors where there is no J traffic, but knowing how air india does its movement of a/c invariably a/c end up on sectors with strong J requirement and no seats.
Oct 29, 2012, 2:45 pm
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looking at the winter schedule i can confirm to you that the aircraft is an old 320 with all economy seating, however trying to book a seat on the flight on any date past 4th nov (thats the date when this flight is being separated from jdh) it is showing availability in executive and showing equipment as a 319.
They have not reissued it yet so I'll wait.
Do you think I can get on AI660 leaving at 17:00 as its non-stop by calling AI?
Thanks!
Last edited by DELANRDFW; Oct 29, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Oct 29, 2012, 2:58 pm
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ahan, no wonder that was showing 319. this flight was supposed to start from 4th nov. now i guess they are not separating jodhpur and udaipur after all. every schdeule they come out with a couple of these new flights on paper, open bookings for them then realise they cant manage the schedule and revert back to old schedule. have been seeing this for so long now. 442 is a 319 with J via IXU.