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- From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
- Subject: Re: Info on the price war on North Amercian --> Eurpoe route is needed.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.202341.19018@ads.com>
- Followup-To: rec.travel.air
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- Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
- References: <C02B83.8LG@newsflash.concordia.ca>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:23:41 GMT
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- follow-ups to rec.travel.air.
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- yau@cs.concordia.ca (Joseph K. K. Yau) wrote:
- ->Several months ago, I heard from this news group that there is a price war
- ->going on on the Europe route.
- ->
- ->Can anyone provide me additional information?
-
- yeah; that was several months ago. airfares and the conditions which
- surround them change pretty quickly.
-
- ->I am looking for a return ticket (Montreal <-> Munich) on North West
- ->airline in the mid January. Can I take advantage of this price war if I
- ->departure in Montreal. (Possibly connection is required in the US
- ->gateway???)
-
- the best price i see for montreal to munich on northwest RIGHT NOW
- (remember: these things change from day to day) is 732.17 without
- taxes. this fare requires an advance purchase (two weeks before
- departure) ... a non-refundable deposit of CAD125 will hold your
- reservation until two weeks before departure (what a nice touch!)
- on this fare, changes on the return part of the trip require seven
- days advance notice, is subject to availability, and will cost you a
- penalty of CAD150. ... and, for this fare basis, there were no seats
- available on 15 jan (nor are there likely to be: there are no
- apparent convenient connections from montreal to any of northwest's
- international gateways which permit for easy connections).
-
- ->Should I buy the discount ticket first and changed the departure date later ?
-
- this will cost you substantial dollars. if you want to fly cheaply
- you have to be able to make plans and stick with them.
-
- ->Will the return ticket still valid if I decided to stay a little longer once I
- ->reached Munich ?
-
- see above.
-
- ->Oh! one more thing. Should I order this discount ticket from the airline or
- ->order through a travel agent.
-
- find a local travel agent and use his/her services. the airlines
- aren't interested in dickering with you over the phone to identify all
- your options (and, of course, you have to call all the airlines if
- you're going to shop the market). the travel agent can identify good
- and bad strategies from the start.
-
- for cheaper fares, you might want to check out nouvelle frontieres
- (sp?) ... they have a store front on rue st. denis in montreal.
-
- --
- # henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc. / <henry@ads.com>
- # "fight the real enemy." -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
-