... in response to Anbody ever get a ticket on priceline?, posted by wendell on Nov 7, 2002[This message has been edited by outwest77]
I had been under the impression that you could save so much money on priceline, or by booking online, etc, Its total BS
Priceline its non refundable, non changeable, non everything
and they make you agree to buy the ticket BEFORE you know the airline, the route, all of that. You could be flying all over timbuktu with 6 connecting flights to nowhere, and you dont find out until AFTER you agree to purchase the NON REFUNDABLE ticket, Plus even if you do buy one i heard u can easily beat the price,
Also as far as booking online, i tried that with many airlines and the prices are not that great to say the least.
I had always thought Travel agents were an option but i thought since they are on commission they would tend to book more expensive options, but my friend told me otherwise,
I have booked my last two trips to the Phils with a travel agent in california, agent fee of 10 or 20 dollars, and I am very impressed, My last trip to the phils was a 1600 dollar fare trip going united to denver then united to san fran then Cathay Pacific to Honk Kong and Cathay Pacific to Manila .
Needless to say those are not cheap airlines, United is perhaps the most expensive usa airline, and Cathay Pacific is the nicest one flying to Asia. The Fare was 1650 or something like that, My travel agent got it for me for 988 by booking through a consolidator, She can change my reservation in about 1 minute, change the dates, etc, Print the tickets right at her desk, etc etc etc and she knows me and wants my return business, Needless to say, after saving 650dollars on the airfare i was more than happy to pay her 20 dollar fee. I would never ever try to book by myself, she has access to stuff the general public cannot access, Best way to go, and its so nice since when i changed my date of return i called her from manila, she changed the return date in nothing flat,
Anyway hope this helps
