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SNNUS · 29-12-2014 5:31pm

Booked it!! What a deal.

And I have worked directly with an airline and once you have an eticket you are booked and cannot be cancelled by the airline because it was their error.

So once you have a ticket number and reference number put it into the Lufthansa website and you can see your reservation. It will show all flights even other airlines like LAN Chile but it is all one ticket so all sectors confirmed.

Enjoy if you go for it!

pete_fire · 29-12-2014 5:34pm

Bey0nd wrote: »

Ive emailed logitravel to see if this is legit or if its a price error before booking. Would be a great little holiday but worried it's too good to be true. Don't want to have it cancelled once accommodation is booked!

absolute fool.
they'll fix the fare now preventing anybody else from booking.

if anyone was unsure whether to book, make your mind up quickly. this will get killed very soon.

cruhoortwunk · 29-12-2014 5:38pm

Crumbs868 wrote: »

Exactly. You are on a holiday of a lifetime to South america, couldn't get any better.

Oh wait why not try swap one of these glorious nights in South America for a night in a German airport hotel which you will only get after probably queuing for a few hours with loads of other stressed passengers then waiting anxiously by the phone in the hotel to find out what flight they have booked you on and prob find out its not an ideal one meaning you have to try fight for a better one. Add in lost bookings and a messed up itinerary.

I probably didnt explain myself well. My point was if you are going for the one with the 1hour connection, dont bank on making it for the 2nd leg first attempt. So dont book a hotel in your final destination.

SNNUS · 29-12-2014 6:38pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

I'm not scaremongering and I cant post the links I saw as a new user but best of luck parting with your cash on that one. I'm not saying its a scam either but they randomly cancel things after charging cards and little comeback if there's any delays.

You would be great craic travelling...

SNNUS · 29-12-2014 6:40pm

Bey0nd wrote: »

Ive emailed logitravel to see if this is legit or if its a price error before booking. Would be a great little holiday but worried it's too good to be true. Don't want to have it cancelled once accommodation is booked!

Oh well this will be gone soon.. Good job

ciapen · 29-12-2014 6:45pm

FatRat wrote: »

Booked this myself with a few others. The trouble is we could only get a booking with a 1 hour 5 minute stopover in Frankfurt. I've been told we will be ok with that amount of time but I'm still worried. The arrival and departure are in the same terminal so that makes it seem like it's doable. What do you guys think?

I did that stopover before, you just walk off one plane onto the other, 5 minute walk if I remember correctly.

killbillvol2 · 29-12-2014 6:51pm

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

I probably didnt explain myself well. My point was if you are going for the one with the 1hour connection, dont bank on making it for the 2nd leg first attempt. So dont book a hotel in your final destination.

Great advice. Nothing like rocking up to a hotel in South America wondering if they have a room - because you don't have a room due to your flight arriving on schedule.

MissNomer · 29-12-2014 6:51pm

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

I probably didnt explain myself well. My point was if you are going for the one with the 1hour connection, dont bank on making it for the 2nd leg first attempt. So dont book a hotel in your final destination.

Chances are they WILL make the connection, though. So what happens when they get to BA? Wander around looking for somewhere to stay? Why not just book somewhere cheap for the first night and be prepared to lose 20 quid (or whatever) if it doesn't work out?

SNNUS · 29-12-2014 6:57pm

MissNomer wrote: »

Chances are they WILL make the connection, though. So what happens when they get to BA? Wander around looking for somewhere to stay? Why not just book somewhere cheap for the first night and be prepared to lose 20 quid (or whatever) if it doesn't work out?

You arrive at 8 am on schedule so even of you were rerouted because you missed your flight , you should still arrive the same day.. Just go with it, all airlines have less than 1 hour connections.

wolfyboy555 · 29-12-2014 6:58pm

Thinking of booking in July. The only downside is the gruelling journey time of 23hours over and 27hours back.

MissNomer · 29-12-2014 6:59pm

SNNUS wrote: »

You arrive at 8 am on schedule so even of you were rerouted because you missed your flight , you should still arrive the same day.. Just go with it, all airlines have less than 1 hour connections.

Yeah, that's what I said. Can't understand why someone would turn down a better than half price flight just in case (and it's a pretty big 'just in case') they missed a connection.

FatRat · 29-12-2014 7:01pm

ciapen wrote: »

I did that stopover before, you just walk off one plane onto the other, 5 minute walk if I remember correctly.

Good to know. Thanks!

OnTheCouch · 29-12-2014 7:05pm

Sorry for being lazy, (haven't read all the thread), but is this a genuine offer with a limited amount of cut-price tickets and/or definite booking period or simply an error with the site and if we book now, they may or may not honour the price?

Either way, I'm very very tempted - provided it's not a scam. I might sleep on it and hope it's still available in the morning, even though I don't know for sure if I can get those particular dates off.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 7:09pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

You suggested 'this crowd' were being talked about as scam merchants without any proof whatsoever. Im still waiting for an example??

Computer says No.

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them.

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 7:09pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

You suggested 'this crowd' were being talked about as scam merchants without any proof whatsoever. Im still waiting for an example??

Computer says No.

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them?

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

29-12-2014 7:15pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them.

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

What are you still commenting for? As has been said many times to you, if you can log in to Lufthansa and your flight shows up, as it does for everyone, then Logitravel no longer has anything, and I repeat ANYTHING, to do with it. Even if they notice it, even if they do go into administration in the meantime etc., there's nothing they can do to cancel.

absolutegroove · 29-12-2014 7:18pm

OnTheCouch wrote: »

Sorry for being lazy, (haven't read all the thread), but is this a genuine offer with a limited amount of cut-price tickets and/or definite booking period or simply an error with the site and if we book now, they may or may not honour the price?

Either way, I'm very very tempted - provided it's not a scam. I might sleep on it and hope it's still available in the morning, even though I don't know for sure if I can get those particular dates off.

If it is a mistake then it should have been realised by now.

As you can get the deal on many other booking sites then this leads me to believe that this not a mistake.

I have travelled all over the world on full fares, part fares and bargain fares - so this sort of thing is rare but not uncommon.

pete_fire · 29-12-2014 7:24pm

OnTheCouch wrote: »

Sorry for being lazy, (haven't read all the thread), but is this a genuine offer with a limited amount of cut-price tickets and/or definite booking period or simply an error with the site and if we book now, they may or may not honour the price?

Either way, I'm very very tempted - provided it's not a scam. I might sleep on it and hope it's still available in the morning, even though I don't know for sure if I can get those particular dates off.

might be gone by the morning thanks to the guy who alerted the OTA of the error price.
book it as soon as you can mate

killbillvol2 · 29-12-2014 7:31pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them?

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

A simple Google search doesn't provide many examples. Your opinion is wrong.

As many posters, who have actually booked the flights, have pointed out the bookings have been forwarded to Lufthansa and are showing on their system. There is no scam.

Pete_fire explained the issue early in the thread but some people either couldn't understand him or couldn't use Google.

I see that JaMarcusHustle hasn't had the grace to withdraw his BS either.

MagicMarker · 29-12-2014 7:42pm

Guys, does a passport need to be valid for 6 months from the date of departure? My expires in Oct next year and I'm looking to book in June?

Or what if I don't opt to put in my passport details now? How do I get my boarding pass?

JaMarcusHustle · 29-12-2014 7:46pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

I see that JaMarcusHustle hasn't had the grace to withdraw his BS either.

What BS? That someone who signs up and starts posting "this isn't a scam" raises red flags in my opinion? Pretty sure I'm not the only one who thinks that!

Personally I hope it is real and if people here get to go to Argentina for that price, Im delighted for them. I'm not going because I already have plans to use my annual leave next year but I'm not begrudging anyone who does get it.

SNNUS · 29-12-2014 7:47pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them.

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

Last time I checked Lufthansa were a reputable company..

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 7:52pm

killbillvol2 wrote: »

A simple Google search doesn't provide many examples. Your opinion is wrong.

As many posters, who have actually booked the flights, have pointed out the bookings have been forwarded to Lufthansa and are showing on their system. There is no scam.

Pete_fire explained the issue early in the thread but some people either couldn't understand him or couldn't use Google.

I see that JaMarcusHustle hasn't had the grace to withdraw his BS either.

Your opinion is that I am wrong, and that's your and several other posters choice. I merely highlighted that people should google reviews of this company before parting with their cash.

I have travelled a lot over the past 10 years and I have never seen prices like this to South America. Is it really so "BS" to have a very legitimate opinion?

Also as I said Im delighted for those who booked if all goes well.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 7:53pm

SNNUS wrote: »

Last time I checked Lufthansa were a reputable company..

Does your credit card get charged to Lufthansa?

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 7:57pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What are you still commenting for? As has been said many times to you, if you can log in to Lufthansa and your flight shows up, as it does for everyone, then Logitravel no longer has anything, and I repeat ANYTHING, to do with it. Even if they notice it, even if they do go into administration in the meantime etc., there's nothing they can do to cancel.

Sorry what are you on about no one ever said many times to me about logging into Lufthansa. Has anyone on here who booked through Logitravel logged into Lufthansa, if so great, looks good.

What about LAN as they are also part of the itinerary.

MagicMarker · 29-12-2014 7:58pm

Booked 2 weeks in June.

This better ****ing not be a scam!! haha

I opted not to get a boarding pass, as it looks like I'll have to renew my passport, and didn't want to enter current passport details.

MissNomer · 29-12-2014 7:59pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

Sorry what are you on about no one ever said many times to me about logging into Lufthansa. Has anyone on here who booked through Logitravel logged into Lufthansa, if so great, looks good.

What about LAN as they are also part of the itinerary.

Oh. My God.

Countless posters have said they logged into Lufthansa.

The Lufthansa and LAN flights show up there.

SNNUS · 29-12-2014 8:01pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

Does your credit card get charged to Lufthansa?

No if you book with ebookers you pay to ebookers or Expedia etc but I would be
Worried if I did not receive a eticket from the airline , but I got my reservation number and checked it on the Lufthansa website,and shows my eticket confirmed with the correct itinerary so the flight has been booked as would any regular online agency would do.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 8:01pm

MissNomer wrote: »

Oh. My God.

Countless posters have said they logged into Lufthansa.

The Lufthansa and LAN flights show up there.

Great stuff happy days, enjoy Buenos Aires.

notuslimited · 29-12-2014 8:03pm

I took a look at my booking on Lufthansa and I noticed that my etix number started with 044. I then looked at the IATA website for which airline 044 belonged and I saw that it was Aerolineas Argentinas. So I went to their website and searched for my booking using the reservation number provided when I bought the tickets and I could see my reservation and also could see that my tickets as far as Aerolineas is concerned has been issued. This all looks fine so far. The fact that the ticket is on Aerolineas paper (044) to my mind means that it might be them who throw a spanner in the works and not Lufthansa. You can also print off the invoice if you want from this website.

Here's hoping all is fine. Booked out 30 March via MUC and São Paulo and back to DUB via Frankfurt on the 6th.

acquiescefc · 29-12-2014 8:05pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

As I said in my first post I cant post links as a new user. A simple google search will provide many examples. Do you actually read any of my posts before commenting on them.

I'm all for a travel bargain and I hope it goes well for those who booked but to me it doesn't seem right. Its just my opinion.

As i said in post #19, i looked at the so called scam results and IMHO there was nothing untoward. No-one has disproved this theory since. Feel free to submit any actual highlights youve seen.

As mentioned by others its nothing to do with the agency now its the airlines 'money' as people have confirmed bookings with the airline.
Yes this could go pear shaped hence im giving it a couple of working days but i doubt Lufthansa will do a runner on me with 300+ euro.

I work in the airline industry also but probably like you i have no authority to use that statement to backup if this will turn out successful. Especially now as some donut has spilled the beans.

MagicMarker · 29-12-2014 8:10pm

My booking comes up on Lufthansa too.

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop · 29-12-2014 8:10pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

As i said in post #19, i looked at the so called scam results and IMHO there was nothing untoward. No-one has disproved this theory since. Feel free to submit any actual highlights youve seen.

As mentioned by others its nothing to do with the agency now its the airlines 'money' as people have confirmed bookings with the airline.
Yes this could go pear shaped hence im giving it a couple of working days but i doubt Lufthansa will do a runner on me with 300+ euro.

I work in the airline industry also but probably like you i have no authority to use that statement to backup if this will turn out successful. Especially now as some donut has spilled the beans.

I'm not here to argue with anyone, I was stating an opinion that it didnt seem right but for now looks good from those who have booked. You work in the airline industry and not one post in the A&A forum? Strange that.

muslimstudent · 29-12-2014 8:13pm

Is the offer still available?

acquiescefc · 29-12-2014 8:14pm

Shimmy Jimmy CocoPop wrote: »

I'm not here to argue with anyone, I was stating an opinion that it didnt seem right but for now looks good from those who have booked. You work in the airline industry and not one post in the A&A forum? Strange that.

There's not many shoe-shiners related threads in there to coax me in. :cool:

Work stays in work.

deepsilent · 29-12-2014 9:02pm

Crumbs868 wrote: »

Exactly. You are on a holiday of a lifetime to South america, couldn't get any better.

Oh wait why not try swap one of these glorious nights in South America for a night in a German airport hotel which you will only get after probably queuing for a few hours with loads of other stressed passengers then waiting anxiously by the phone in the hotel to find out what flight they have booked you on and prob find out its not an ideal one meaning you have to try fight for a better one. Add in lost bookings and a messed up itinerary.

the hour is more than enough, i have taken the exactly the same flight before and the time was ok without having to rush.

dadoffay · 29-12-2014 9:23pm

notuslimited wrote: »

I took a look at my booking on Lufthansa and I noticed that my etix number started with 044. I then looked at the IATA website for which airline 044 belonged and I saw that it was Aerolineas Argentinas. So I went to their website and searched for my booking using the reservation number provided when I bought the tickets and I could see my reservation and also could see that my tickets as far as Aerolineas is concerned has been issued. This all looks fine so far. The fact that the ticket is on Aerolineas paper (044) to my mind means that it might be them who throw a spanner in the works and not Lufthansa. You can also print off the invoice if you want from this website.

Here's hoping all is fine. Booked out 30 March via MUC and São Paulo and back to DUB via Frankfurt on the 6th.

If one books a flight from FRA to EZE on AR website, the YQ Tax is 320€ return. In our special offer the YQ tax has been fully dumped - that's a filing error and should be honoured. What I find unbelievable is that nobody at AR has realised their mistake. I can still get the fare on logitravel but not on gotogate or any other website. Anybody who received a 044 Etix ticket number, is safe and can plan imO. Anybody else should wait. Good Luck to all.

dadoffay · 29-12-2014 9:28pm

deepsilent wrote: »

the hour is more than enough, i have taken the exactly the same flight before and the time was ok without having to rush.

Agreed. I connected in FRA with LH twice in the last 3 weeks, their min. Connecting time used to be 45min but was changed to 1h a few years ago. In any case, the chances are good to make your connection albeit it may be rushed. Boarding for the long haul flight takes 20-25min and one staff constantly checks incoming connecting flights and their arrival time - the more people are connecting from one flight, the bigger their willingness to wait a few min longer for their red faces at the gate..at the security entrance in FRA there is a fast lane, it's up to you to convince the staff there that you are in danger of missing your flight.

absolutegroove · 29-12-2014 9:28pm

dadoffay wrote: »

If one books a flight from FRA to EZE on AR website, the YQ Tax is 320€ return. In our special offer the YQ tax has been fully dumped - that's a filing error and should be honoured. What I find unbelievable is that nobody at AR has realised their mistake. I can still get the fare on logitravel but not on gotogate or any other website. Anybody who received a 044 Etix ticket number, is safe and can plan imO. Anybody else should wait. Good Luck to all.

My Etix ticket number starts with 045 (LAN Airlines)

I think I might wait awhile before booking anything else.

MissNomer · 29-12-2014 9:30pm

dadoffay wrote: »

If one books a flight from FRA to EZE on AR website, the YQ Tax is 320€ return. In our special offer the YQ tax has been fully dumped - that's a filing error and should be honoured. What I find unbelievable is that nobody at AR has realised their mistake. I can still get the fare on logitravel but not on gotogate or any other website. Anybody who received a 044 Etix ticket number, is safe and can plan imO. Anybody else should wait. Good Luck to all.

Why 044?

acquiescefc · 29-12-2014 9:32pm

absolutegroove wrote: »

My Etix ticket number starts with 045.

I think I might wait awhile before booking anything else.

045 is for LATAM, the LAN TAM merged airline which is the other half of this error fare. I think the same applies.

absolutegroove · 29-12-2014 9:35pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

045 is for LATAM, the LAN TAM merged airline which is the other half of this error fare. I think the same applies.

Thanks for that.

I think I'll wait a bit anyways in case it all goes a bit Pete Tong.

dadoffay · 29-12-2014 9:44pm

MissNomer wrote: »

Why 044?

I referred to the post at 19:03, where someone looked at his Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) ticket number on the LH website.

Del007 · 29-12-2014 9:54pm

If by chance anyone manages to find a cheap flight for later on in the year then please post it up here. Cheers

dadoffay · 29-12-2014 10:07pm

Del007 wrote: »

If by chance anyone manages to find a cheap flight for later on in the year then please post it up here. Cheers

Latest Outbound seems to be 1.7.2015, I tried all dates until Dec15.hand nearly fell off.

Patsy167 · 29-12-2014 10:26pm

Thanks OP. Just booked from March 9th-18th. Going Solo. Too good of an opportunity to miss. I've checked my booking reference (045 code) on TAM and everything looks to have gone through. Fingers crossed!

mosstin · 29-12-2014 10:53pm

dadoffay wrote: »

Latest Outbound seems to be 1.7.2015, I tried all dates until Dec15.hand nearly fell off.

Cheers for this - just booked July 1st - 21st. £289. Very happy. Great work OP.

oppenheimer1 · 30-12-2014 12:52am

Just be warned that just because you've got a genuine booking from the airline doesn't mean that it isn't a scam. I've been at the wrong end of this before, when my debit card details were stolen: the way the scam works is that the scam site allows you to book a flight at a great price and charges your card for it. Behind this they use a stolen card to actually fulfill the transaction and so a genuine confirmation is sent from the airline. Once the stolen card holder find our about the fraud the transactions will be cancelled and reversed.

So just be warned about these great prices from unknown websites

Gongoozler · 30-12-2014 12:56am

I dunno about booking this, Buenos Aires looks like a regular city to me, and I don't know that I want to do that kind of flight time for that. I guess I'm open to convincing it's worth going to...?

Redmen Rafalution · 30-12-2014 1:00am

pete_fire wrote: »

This is definitely not a scam or a trick.

It's what people in the industry call a "self-dump". There is something called "Fuel Dumping" that exists in flight ticketing. It causes the "Fuel Surcharge" also referred to as "YQ" or "YR" to be dumped/eliminated from the price.
This occurs when two particular airlines are present in the same ticket.
There are many forums out there where people share their fuel dumping strategies. search on google and you'll easily find them

In this particular dump, it seems that the online travel agent has automatically paired two airlines that are causing a dump for you. Lan Airlines is causing the long-haul Lufthansa fuel surcharge to be eliminated.
This is a very rare find and if anyone from Dublin is interested to go to Argentina, I say do it.

You cannot be held responsible for this as you simply searched for DUB-EZE flights and were provided with a dumped flight. You didnt knowingly seek a dumped flight by manually pairing two separate airlines.

Definitely not a scam

Hi Pete. Thanks for the info in your posts. What exactly causes the fuel surcharge to be eliminated? I have looked online and am still no clearer. How does it just disappear from the cost of booking?

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