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My Travel agent wont let me change my dates

  • 16-08-2004 4:31pm
    #1
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭


    booked a trip abroad recently..its all paid for..now i want to put back my outgoing date by one day

    rang my travel agent they said i cant change my dates as the ticket had alreaddy been printed up

    is that right or was i just speaking to a lazy bugger?


Comments

  • #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    It depends - some types of tickets are non-changable. Have you tried speaking to someone else there to see if they say the same?


  • #3
    Bloody*Mary
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭Bloody*Mary


    Travel Agents are basically just brokers for the company you actually book with be it Airlines Tour Operators etc They have to follow the rules that each company has. Most tickets once issued cannot be changed if you went for the cheapest fare rather than a flexable one (higher price)


  • #4
    Lex_Diamonds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭Lex_Diamonds


    Contact the airline directly.


  • #5
    comet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭comet


    Usually you can pay a penalty fee to get them changed...


  • #6
    TomTom
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭TomTom


    afaik the only tickets that cannot be changed are ones got through a cancellation by another party. Even if its a budget ticket you should be able to change. There is a fee of course just to change and then an administration fee on top of that.
    But if you have a package booked you might not be able to change due to the reservations with hostel/hotel


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  • #7
    Bloody*Mary
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭Bloody*Mary


    TomTom wrote:
    afaik the only tickets that cannot be changed are ones got through a cancellation by another party. Even if its a budget ticket you should be able to change. There is a fee of course just to change and then an administration fee on top of that.
    But if you have a package booked you might not be able to change due to the reservations with hostel/hotel

    Don't know where you got that info from but it's not true ...if you book the cheapest ticket with some airlines once the ticket is issued the outbound cannot be changed .if you book online they can charge you 25-50 euro plus the difference of the new fare but not all airlines have this flexability. BTW hotel are normally the easiest part of a package to change


  • #8
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Lex_Diamonds wrote:
    Contact the airline directly.


    Do this. You can pretty much change any ticket. The only issue is price.

    The only time I have had problems is with tour operators who work on fixed schedule.


  • #9
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    no luck called the agent...they said the ticket had been issued and i couldnt change it called the airline no luck either

    ah well no sense getting upset


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