Deviation Bank
08-23-2015 | 04:04 AM
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(one of our few restrictions was we couldn't take the Concorde)
Not true, you could book on Concorde, we didn't get discount so it was cost prohibitive. Cheapest I ever saw was one way on Air France for just under 6K, that was in 99.
Not true, you could book on Concorde, we didn't get discount so it was cost prohibitive. Cheapest I ever saw was one way on Air France for just under 6K, that was in 99.
08-23-2015 | 02:17 PM
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I think the best deal ever was when one of our crewmembers got approval for a ticket and passage on The Queen Elizabeth II (QE2). They stopped that after realizing that the trip took a week from England to New York.
08-24-2015 | 02:32 AM
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I'll use this thread to get a word out to my FedEx bros... BEWARE ticket prices when deviating through the system. Take screen shots of your transactions.
Recently I deviated- as normal through the system. Original ticket price $XXX. Deviated ticket price $XXX minus $500. Invoice received $XXX PLUS $300!!!
I painstakingly double check what I'm doing when deviating. I always take notes of the numbers. I had the new ticket price to the penny. Where the invoice price came from I have no idea!
I had a screenshot of this transaction, just not of the whole page which showed the new ($XXX-500) ticket price. Take screenshots of everything!
Recently I deviated- as normal through the system. Original ticket price $XXX. Deviated ticket price $XXX minus $500. Invoice received $XXX PLUS $300!!!
I painstakingly double check what I'm doing when deviating. I always take notes of the numbers. I had the new ticket price to the penny. Where the invoice price came from I have no idea!
I had a screenshot of this transaction, just not of the whole page which showed the new ($XXX-500) ticket price. Take screenshots of everything!
08-24-2015 | 03:50 AM
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I got the normal invoice and itinerary emails. I didn't look at them until the day of the flight. The invoice price was the higher. I can always make mistakes, but I am 99.9% sure the price was $XXX-500 the day I deviated.
08-24-2015 | 04:44 AM
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One possibility I've seen when calling corp travel is a different class of ticket available. For example, on line the price shown was for a Y class ticket but when I called corp travel they showed a cheaper L class ticket available at cheaper cost, so they had to book that if I wanted to fly that flight.
Maybe in the time you clicked on the purchase different classes of tickets were no longer available.
Maybe in the time you clicked on the purchase different classes of tickets were no longer available.
08-24-2015 | 07:50 AM
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I always do all 3. But in this case, it brought up the flight I was looking for right through the system. Easy peasy, so why not? Trust me, the price for that ticket I got was great. The process I used or exact amounts aren't the issue or point. I'm saying I had a screen showing me I just deviated and purchased ticket Y at price Z, then I got an invoice for $800 dollars more!
08-24-2015 | 08:04 AM
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I always do all 3. But in this case, it brought up the flight I was looking for right through the system. Easy peasy, so why not? Trust me, the price for that ticket I got was great. The process I used or exact amounts aren't the issue or point. I'm saying I had a screen showing me I just deviated and purchased ticket Y at price Z, then I got an invoice for $800 dollars more!
08-24-2015 | 03:53 PM
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I called them immediately when I noticed the difference. They just quoted the new price, matter-of-factly. However, she did cancel the pricey ticket and reissue me a non-refundable which was VERY close to the original discounted price. Not ideal but fixed the issue at hand, especially as I was riding in the upscale ground transpo to the airport I use when I have excess deviation bank!
Without the screen shot proving my initial purchase I didn't have much leverage. Hence, my initial point/suggestion.
Without the screen shot proving my initial purchase I didn't have much leverage. Hence, my initial point/suggestion.
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