Anyone used cheap Business Class sites?
Jan 6, 2017, 6:38 am
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2017
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Anyone used cheap Business Class sites?
Hi, just wondering if anyone has used companies advertising cheap Business Class flights...some say they offer up to 50% off. 
https://www.skyclub.com
http://www.skyluxtravel.com
http://www.business-flights.co.uk/
Just wondering if you can really get that much off a flight and how they do it? Do they pre-buy the seats or something?
https://www.skyclub.com
http://www.skyluxtravel.com
http://www.business-flights.co.uk/
Just wondering if you can really get that much off a flight and how they do it? Do they pre-buy the seats or something?
Jan 20, 2017, 6:58 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,334
My understanding is that they use ff miles they have purchased from .....who knows where?
They will tell you its all legit.... yet every ff program I know of prohibits such transactions....
I am too risk averse to try it....
They will tell you its all legit.... yet every ff program I know of prohibits such transactions....
I am too risk averse to try it....
Jan 21, 2017, 8:24 am
#4
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YVR
Programs: Aeroplan, AAdvantage
Posts: 2,100
Let me point you to my post How do I recognize a scam website? here.
Let's see the sniff tests:
Skyclub: has a legal page. There's no company name anywhere. The domain is registered under privacy guard in whois. The street address is incomplete. Verdict: avoid.
Skyluxtravel: there's a company name and a physical address in the footer but only a privacy policy and no T&C. The domain is registered with a privacy guard in whois. Now that's two red flags so far (no T&C and privacy guard -- what are you protecting??). So we check the California registry and there's no such company! Neither the number, nor the name finds anything. See for yourself: luxury travel and C2119950. Googling "388 Market Street, Suite 1300" finds it's a virtual office. Avoid, avoid, avoid!
business-flights.co.uk at least does not fail the most basic sniff tests, it's a legit company.
You know, before spending thousands of dollars, spend a minute or two to make these searches...
Ps. look at the "members of" row of icons on the Skyluxtravel site, it's absolutely nonsensical, you can't be a member of PayPal for example, but why would a California company be a member of the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies?
Let's see the sniff tests:
Skyclub: has a legal page. There's no company name anywhere. The domain is registered under privacy guard in whois. The street address is incomplete. Verdict: avoid.
Skyluxtravel: there's a company name and a physical address in the footer but only a privacy policy and no T&C. The domain is registered with a privacy guard in whois. Now that's two red flags so far (no T&C and privacy guard -- what are you protecting??). So we check the California registry and there's no such company! Neither the number, nor the name finds anything. See for yourself: luxury travel and C2119950. Googling "388 Market Street, Suite 1300" finds it's a virtual office. Avoid, avoid, avoid!
business-flights.co.uk at least does not fail the most basic sniff tests, it's a legit company.
You know, before spending thousands of dollars, spend a minute or two to make these searches...
Ps. look at the "members of" row of icons on the Skyluxtravel site, it's absolutely nonsensical, you can't be a member of PayPal for example, but why would a California company be a member of the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies?
Last edited by chx1975; Jan 21, 2017 at 8:56 am
