Website with the lowest flight booking fee?
Jun 21, 2007 | 4:29 pm
#1
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Website with the lowest flight booking fee?
I am going to book quite a few flights for a big party and Expedia's $5 booking fee adds up to several hundreds. (The fare is not available directly from the airline.)
Is there a website with a smaller fee? I remember lastminutetravel.com charged no fee but now they just quietly add their $5 to the ticket price. Or at least a site with per-booking not per-person fee?
Is there a website with a smaller fee? I remember lastminutetravel.com charged no fee but now they just quietly add their $5 to the ticket price. Or at least a site with per-booking not per-person fee?
Jun 21, 2007 | 6:54 pm
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How can Expedia have the fare but the airline doesn't? That doesn't make much sense to me.
Perhaps consider a local travel agent. They'd love to get the chunk of business and perhaps you can negotiate a ticketing fee that is good for you both.
Perhaps consider a local travel agent. They'd love to get the chunk of business and perhaps you can negotiate a ticketing fee that is good for you both.
Jun 21, 2007 | 7:36 pm
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Call the airline. Tell them right away you want to book a large number of seats. They might offer you a good group deal.
Last edited by aktchi; Jun 21, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Jun 21, 2007 | 7:38 pm
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Yes, there are sites that have done away with the $5 booking fee (at least temporarily). I just wrote something about this http://www.elliott.org/archives/2007...ooking_fee.php
Jun 22, 2007 | 4:28 am
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Thanks for the info celliott! Priceline requires departure airport to be within US (not true for some of our flights) and TripSync was a pain to get running but I managed to.
aktchi - the group is too small for group rates, just 4-6 people taking many flights during this summer.
aktchi - the group is too small for group rates, just 4-6 people taking many flights during this summer.
Jun 22, 2007 | 5:21 am
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I see. When you wrote "Expedia's $5 booking fee adds up to several hundreds" I had visions of 50-100 people! Anyway, can a person's various flights be put on one multi-city ticket? Otherwise, you are still buying a large number of tickets and no harm in calling to check if that entitles you to any discount.
Jun 22, 2007 | 4:31 pm
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The fares were already heavily discounted, in no way they would have given me more reductions. Anyway I just booked through tripsync.com. Thanks again celliott!