[PREM FARE GONE] PAL business class: Bali - Manila - London ~355€
Jul 4, 2016, 10:44 am
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Jul 4, 2016, 11:07 am
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Don't Call the Airline!
Assuming this is indeed a mistake fare (although I can't see how it wouldn't be), it should be pulled in due course. After that, and once you have an e-ticket number, it should be ok to call PR for a seat assignment. Hopefully enough FT-ers have booked so that we can get some data points on whether the bookings will be honoured.
BTW, I'm booked for September and seem to have been pre-assigned an aisle in the middle block, so maybe you've gotten lucky as well.
Assuming this is indeed a mistake fare (although I can't see how it wouldn't be), it should be pulled in due course. After that, and once you have an e-ticket number, it should be ok to call PR for a seat assignment. Hopefully enough FT-ers have booked so that we can get some data points on whether the bookings will be honoured.
BTW, I'm booked for September and seem to have been pre-assigned an aisle in the middle block, so maybe you've gotten lucky as well.
I know th drill regarding not calling the airline, but I also want to ensure an aisle seat in the middle, so nobody is going to climb over me.
Is anyone flying before mid-august?
When do you guys think it will be safe to call PR to make seat assignments?
Jul 4, 2016, 12:09 pm
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If you want to see what seat you have been assigned, your PR PNR is actually accessible via Sabre.
You cannot go to virtuallythere.com to access it unless you have an email attached to your booking. Most OTA will not forward this information to Sabre.
So you need to use tripcase instead. sign up for an account, create a trip, link a booking, add your PNR and Last name. Retrieve. Viola.
You cannot go to virtuallythere.com to access it unless you have an email attached to your booking. Most OTA will not forward this information to Sabre.
So you need to use tripcase instead. sign up for an account, create a trip, link a booking, add your PNR and Last name. Retrieve. Viola.
Jul 4, 2016, 4:53 pm
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Jul 4, 2016, 11:01 pm
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If you want to see what seat you have been assigned, your PR PNR is actually accessible via Sabre.
You cannot go to virtuallythere.com to access it unless you have an email attached to your booking. Most OTA will not forward this information to Sabre.
So you need to use tripcase instead. sign up for an account, create a trip, link a booking, add your PNR and Last name. Retrieve. Viola.
You cannot go to virtuallythere.com to access it unless you have an email attached to your booking. Most OTA will not forward this information to Sabre.
So you need to use tripcase instead. sign up for an account, create a trip, link a booking, add your PNR and Last name. Retrieve. Viola.
Jul 7, 2016, 1:57 pm
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I booked this on Vayama when the ticket was bookable. I'm flying DPS-MNL-LHR, with a 5 hour layover in Manila. At first I thought it was a mistake fare because the price was so low, but not too much later I got an email that my flight was ticketed. I called PA immediately and picked my seats 
I didn't know that a stopover was allowed. Now reading through the thread I'm wondering if I should call to extend my layover in Manila to have enough time to sightsee. Will the entire ticket reprice if I do that? Also, can I treat LHR as a stopover? My ultimate destination is NYC, but I tentatively plan on staying in London for a week.
I didn't know that a stopover was allowed. Now reading through the thread I'm wondering if I should call to extend my layover in Manila to have enough time to sightsee. Will the entire ticket reprice if I do that? Also, can I treat LHR as a stopover? My ultimate destination is NYC, but I tentatively plan on staying in London for a week.
Jul 7, 2016, 2:30 pm
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LHR is the termination point, so any travel beyond that will need to be on a separate ticket, making LHR by definition a stopover. You can stay for an hour, or a year...
Jul 7, 2016, 2:35 pm
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Just wondering all this bc it looks like a fully refundable ticket, and I don't usually book fully refundable business class fares.
Jul 7, 2016, 3:18 pm
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This ticket looks like a fully refundable and changeable ticket, but I have previously seen mistake fares where the airline will begrudgingly agree to honour the original fare, as long as the booking is converted to be inflexible.
Personally, I might want to change things to add a stopover in MNL as well, so by all means call PAL and see what they say, then report back here.
