One of the most difficult task for an international traveler is to time the purchase of his tickets so he gets the best deal. Cleartrip has launched an interesting solution that will be mighty beneficial for international travelers. Live From A Lounge is present on Facebook, Twitter & available via email, RSS. Overall, a smart marketing tactic yet again from Cleartrip! So, I assume some money back will happen to you in this event if you get a price trigger downwards. I’ve frequently seen different prices on the same ticket when I try booking my tickets to the USA, and they vary by 100s of dollars sometimes. What is in it for you? Heck, if there is a massive price drop, you stand to gain some money back on your ticket, yeah. They get to charge a fee to the customer on these rebooking and cancellation events, so this ways, they can churn the customer for more fees without the customer doubting their good intentions. What is in it for Cleartrip? Most international airlines anyways have withdrawn commissions to travel agents or reduced them to minimal levels from the earlier highs. Does the algorithm stop after the first rebooking or does it refund you some money the second time around? However, at this moment I am trying to understand from Cleartrip what happens if the first time there is a rebooking and no refund is due, but another time the fare drops low enough to trigger a refund event. Which means, only one refund is applicable per booking. Now, the limitation at this moment is that Cleartrip does not ask you if you want to act on this alert, it just goes ahead and rebooks you, which in some cases, may mean, that you may be booked into a lower fare class (which may be less miles for you!), and the second limitation is that this process can be done only once. > If the net fare difference is greater than Rs 500, you’ll get the amount as per the above formula. > If the net fare difference is less than Rs 500, you’ll get a flat refund of Rs 500. the fare drop is less than the airline amendment fee), you will not get any refund. > If the net fare difference is less than zero (i.e. > New fare – old fare – airline amendment fee = Net fare difference The refund amount is calculated as the net fare difference, after deducting the airline amendment fee: Cleartrip will keep the itinerary price on a watch, and automatically rebook you on to a lower fare, if the ticket price falls, as per the following formula: Since international tickets are repricing all the time, it is possible that a ticket may cost lower than what you booked it for.
#PRICEWATCHER FOR FLIGHTS PRO#
While I don’t want to be sounding like a PR pro telling you this, but I’m just glad that someone did do the honest thing to do and come out with a feature like this.Ĭue to Pricewatch, the proposition that Cleartrip is making is very simple. That is why, it is never a good idea to ask your neighbour on the plane about the price he/she paid for his ticket. Fares are constantly filed, refiled and have no one direction. International ticket pricing is a myth for most.
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