Unaccompanied minor not allowed to buy cheapest fare?
Apr 14, 2015, 3:05 am
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Unaccompanied minor not allowed to buy cheapest fare?
Trying to buy a one way ticket OSL-LHR for an unaccompanied minor, the agent prices it up about 300 NOK higher than the cheapest adult Sas GO ticket available at SAS.no (about 750 + 350 UM fare = about 1100 NOK total, rather than the 449 + 350 = 799 NOK I was expecting).
I couldn't get a proper explanation for the price difference, only that the price he was offering was the cheapest ticket that could be purchased for an unaccompanied minor.
Is this normal? Or is my expected total correct - ie. I should expect a different result when I try again with a different agent?
I couldn't get a proper explanation for the price difference, only that the price he was offering was the cheapest ticket that could be purchased for an unaccompanied minor.
Is this normal? Or is my expected total correct - ie. I should expect a different result when I try again with a different agent?
Apr 14, 2015, 5:38 pm
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Trying to buy a one way ticket OSL-LHR for an unaccompanied minor, the agent prices it up about 300 NOK higher than the cheapest adult Sas GO ticket available at SAS.no (about 750 + 350 UM fare = about 1100 NOK total, rather than the 449 + 350 = 799 NOK I was expecting).
I couldn't get a proper explanation for the price difference, only that the price he was offering was the cheapest ticket that could be purchased for an unaccompanied minor.
Is this normal? Or is my expected total correct - ie. I should expect a different result when I try again with a different agent?
I couldn't get a proper explanation for the price difference, only that the price he was offering was the cheapest ticket that could be purchased for an unaccompanied minor.
Is this normal? Or is my expected total correct - ie. I should expect a different result when I try again with a different agent?
Apr 15, 2015, 1:35 am
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I don't think so - I had the guy break down the price he was quoting, and the fare component itself was making up the difference. According to him.
Apr 15, 2015, 2:51 am
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http://www.sas.no/alt-om-reisen/reis...ervicehonorar/
Apr 15, 2015, 6:14 am
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Looking at the cheapest fare basis for one way OSL-LHR ONOOWM, unaccompanied minors 5-11 are allowed on this fare at 75pc of the base fare + surcharge of NOK 350.
The fare rules seem to allow it, at least.
The fare rules seem to allow it, at least.