What's up with the crazy pricing?
Aug 17, 2009 | 7:30 am
#16
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 131
When I see the lowest fares on the India sites, some of the fares are restricted:
SALES_RESTRICTIONS : FARES MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY S2 OR 9W.
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON EITHER THE PLATE OR STOCK OF
S2 OR 9W AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN INDIA.
OR - FARES MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY TRAVEL AGENTS.
TICKETS MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN INDIA.
Where the (higher) fares offered on the US sites are more expensive (ex. Rs. 3329 vs. $105) but don't carry this restriction.
Does buying from an Indian web site qualify as SOLD IN INDIA? I'm not sure what that means for an online purchase.
SALES_RESTRICTIONS : FARES MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY S2 OR 9W.
TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON EITHER THE PLATE OR STOCK OF
S2 OR 9W AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN INDIA.
OR - FARES MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY TRAVEL AGENTS.
TICKETS MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN INDIA.
Where the (higher) fares offered on the US sites are more expensive (ex. Rs. 3329 vs. $105) but don't carry this restriction.
Does buying from an Indian web site qualify as SOLD IN INDIA? I'm not sure what that means for an online purchase.
Aug 17, 2009 | 11:50 am
#17
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: All over India
Programs: 9W Plat, Flying Blue Elite, HHonors Gold, Accor Le Club Plat
Posts: 814
Aug 17, 2009 | 12:42 pm
#18
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-WAW-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, AC*G, LH FTL, AI*G *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,752
Maybe they did not refund due to your not intimating them 1 hour before flight departure?
Aug 19, 2009 | 2:59 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: North Devon, England
Programs: AY plat, EB gold, LH Sen
Posts: 409
Am not surprised. I had to book a MAA-BOM-MAA for yesterday's travel (booking done 10 days back) for which I paid INR 6700 (0 base fare, 800 taxes, all fuel surcharge). But here's another interesting thing. I had to cancel the ticket for circumstances beyond my control. When I cancelled a ticket on a similar class (which INCLUDED a base fare) last month, I had to forfeit the entire price including tax and surcharge. This time, they gave me a full refund...don't know if that's a system issue I benefitted from this time or lost the last time !
Regardng both the tickets being mentioned as "no refund", it meant exactly that - no refund on any of the tickets (remember they can only forfeit the fare component). Since you did not pay any fare for the second tkt, so no deductions were made. In the first tkt scenario, you were/are entitled to a refund of the tkt price less the fare component.