Rofi
HOWEVER there was a move (which surfaces oclasionalcy and then gets quietly strangled) to get internet airlines to give a cooling off period on their sites. My wife has a skincare website and there, if someone makes a boo-boo basically they ring up or email and change/ ammend/ cancel the order no problem. With airlines, once you press the button, that's it and we could be talking serious money if it is a cancellation that is made just a few moments later. (Daren may want to pick up on this). With legacy airlines, you may choose to book through an IATA agent who can usually hold a reservation at least for a short while the fare may change (usually not dramatically) but your reservation is held. Further, many airlines, through an agent, will give you 24 or even 48 hours (or in some cases longer still I have held a CAT45 (warehouse/ consolidated/ cheapo how you wish to describe it) fare on a middle east airline for a whole week) yes, there is a fee, but if one is not 100% sure it can be helpful (and it was cheaper then the expedia's so-called special fares which are ruddy expensive, bleat, bleat )
Rofi HOWEVER there was a move (which surfaces oclasionalcy and then gets quietly strangled) to get internet airlines to give a cooling off period on their sites. My wife has a skincare website and there, if someone makes a boo-boo basically they ring up or email and change/ ammend/ cancel the order no problem. With airlines, once you press the button, that's it and we could be talking serious money if it is a cancellation that is made just a few moments later. (Daren may want to pick up on this). With legacy airlines, you may choose to book through an IATA agent who can usually hold a reservation at least for a short while the fare may change (usually not dramatically) but your reservation is held. Further, many airlines, through an agent, will give you 24 or even 48 hours (or in some cases longer still I have held a CAT45 (warehouse/ consolidated/ cheapo how you wish to describe it) fare on a middle east airline for a whole week) yes, there is a fee, but if one is not 100% sure it can be helpful (and it was cheaper then the expedia's so-called special fares which are ruddy expensive, bleat, bleat )