How the other guys work!
Fed up with the lousy fares that I’m getting I decided to see if I could find something better out there. I was looking for Denver to Athens June 28-July 8. I went to a site that advertised the best fares in the world and thought I would give it a try. I completed the form and got an immediate response that the request would come back from the 5 top quotes… I recieved the first one a couple of hours later..
The Save-On price per person is $ 723.80 on ALITALIA (TAX AND FUEL SURCHARGES ARE NOT INCLUDED) for a roundtrip fare. Fare subject to availability of seats for the dates you requested.
Thank you for your airline fare request. The following fare you requested is being sent to you by Save On Travel, Inc., Houston, TX. Save On Travel specializes exclusively in discounted international airfares and is licensed by the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC).
Please call our office to speak with one of our live agents and check on flight schedules and availability. Lower fares might be available when you call.
The fare you requested is subject to the following:
Availability at the time you call .
Weekend travel Fridays through Sundays departures are approximately $30.00 more each way.
Taxes are additional and depend on the country of origin and desitnation.
most fares requier a saturday night stay at destination.
Call Toll Free: 1-800-XXX-4194 Email: tXXXXi@XXXXX.com
In Houston: 713-XXX-9090
Mon thru Fri 8AM to 6PM Central Time Sat 10AM to 2PM Central Time
Looked Pretty good to me…That’s half the price of anything that I was finding… so I called…
I spoke with a very nice woman who proceeded to search for tickets for me…. She said she was having trouble finding seats and would have to get back to me so I gave her my phone number. I asked what airline she was looking at and she replied “Lufthansa”. What happened to the great fare on Alitalia? I thought to myself… but since I pretty much knew the answer I didn’t bother asking…
Well…she never got back to me….but luckily I recieved a better offer from a second person. She asked me to call her(sounds like a trick to me!). Instead I responded to her email and gave her the names of the passengers and asked her to book the tickets and send me the itinerary, fare, payment method etc… Guess what!.. I never heard from her again! So much for “The Best Fares in the world”!
The difference between myself and the other online ticketing companies is that I check the exact flight and when I quote I know that there is space at the rate I quote at the time I send the email. Other companies pick the lowest fare, whether available or not, and send it to you…in hopes of getting you on the hook. I will also send you to look somewhere else for a lower fare(and tell you what that fare is)- I’m not sure I know of any other that do the same… unless they are going to sell you the ticket…
If you want to give GreeceFlights.com a shot….visit the site…..