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Chivas

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  1. so why have I never ever had a problem with agents I jave used for decades and at least 120 return trips plus around 50 with BA/Qantas staff ticketing !! I'm just going to start seperate thread over China Eastern booked through Travel Trolley so bear with me......for the first time there WAS a (very) minor caveat incurred by not booking through the airline Give me a few hours and will get it uploaded
  2. ok live example.... Have picked dates in August knowing fare will be expensive So I entered 1st August till 22nd August The best fare as you can see is £1115 with Travel Junction....using the drop down alternates you can see direct from Eva airline at £1255 £140 more expensive via the airline Standard in my opinion and experience
  3. Just use google flights kayak skyscanner or Travel Supermarket albeit some are powered by same search engine If you use Travel supermarket though it will list the individual prices for a particular flight (not always in ascending/descending order I might add) but it also lists normally around 10 alternates for same flight and normally (but not always) includes the airlines direct price I reckon I've saved £10.000 a least down the years probably lot more
  4. Why someone would put a sad emoli above I have absolutely no idea lol
  5. Absolutely classic case in real time yesterday of why I will ALWAYS use an agent 99% of the time rather than direct with airline Friday I had issues with China Eastern (not huge but something that needed sorting)......As in Thailand I attempt to get hold of them via Phone Calls to Bangkok offices and Airport office (closed all weekend)......I contact via Twitter....no response.......I contact via FB page....no response Instead I email to Travel Trolley back in London knowing that office wasnt open until 9am the Saturday morning.........at 09.46 back comes the soothing email that all is well its a glitch with the China Eastern website we've checked and checked and status is good to go both sectors as expected This is WHY I was always use an agent because they are there to serve you because you're their customer Out of interest the fare I paid was available for just £9 more direct from CE....not a chance in hell would I have paid it and rightfully so because I'd be sat in hotel waiting for taxi wondering if their was a real problem
  6. I could name at least 10 without drawing breath Travel agents whether physical or online are the life blood of the aviation industry They exist as consolidators by buying blocks of discounted seats ensuring that the airline reaches minimum income on any one flight I'd love to know how much I have saved long haul via agents
  7. Wrong 330 days at which point the system will throw out the request if you go couple days over etc
  8. No standard return on Oman Air in fact half the price of what the OP was suggesting Lot of you guys enjoy throwing money away by booking direct with airlines is half the problem and this myriad of spurious information which claims if you book with an agent you cant contact the airline subsequently for any reason Utter boll****
  9. First random date outbound taking into account OP's inbound date and Oman £723
  10. Baht has weakened again against the USD on one side of the pairings which effects every nationality coming to spend money in Thailand Sterling also at 5 year high against the Baht (AUD x USD) x (USD x Baht) equates to AUD/Baht Movement in either pairing effects that bottom line Slightly bemused that Baht is weakening out as lot of financial news here indicating the opposite would be true
  11. Mine just "opens" on the app whatout ever putting password in That rate few seconds ago of Sterling at 45.74 (gross) must be the highest for 5 years plus
  12. Assuming you have a Thai account nothing comes close to Wise on rates or speed of transfers in normally seconds
  13. I've found a wide smile and a polite greeting to the IO solves all problems....... You just watch how surly 95% of the travellers are approaching the kiosk
  14. I wont screenshot but I just put in £1000 which lands "in seconds" according to app I then put in £1250 but now it reverts to "arrives on Thursday" Thats RBS to Wise to SCB Effectively unless we were in an emergency it hardly matter anyway I guess
  15. No not really Arriving in 3 to 4 seconds as always All my transfers are £1000 or slightly less. I have noticed though that if I put say £1250 in and it stretches out to 2 hours or something I'm only surmising that when it exceeds 50.000 Baht landing it takes a little longer ??
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