Online travel websites or Direct Airlines official website Booking, from where one book flight ticket?
With Travel Booking Websites we get a lot of freedom where only a few Airlines offer us those facilities.
Booking a flight ticket nowadays very easy.
We, the flyers may book our flight tickets, either from any specific airlines or from one of the online travel booking websites.
Flight Booking On Airlines
Booking a flight ticket from the airline's official website or by calling the airlines may be a good idea. Hopefully, there are some limitations.
*This is completely my own point of view which may differ from others.
Let's see, what the facts are when we book flight ticket directly from airlines,
#1. Miles
We get rewards, known to us as 'Airlines Miles' when we book our flight tickets with the airlines' official websites. How many miles we are going to earn as a reward by the airlines depends on the type of flight ticket and fare.
For example, if we book a ticket from Kolkata to Bangalore one way flight with
Fantasy Airlines ( just as an example ), flight ticket can be $280, and we may get 800miles after booking as a reward from Fantasy Airlines.
Next time when we book Fantasy Airline's flight ticket, we can add this 800 miles to pay less money on flight booking. For instance, the flight ticket price is $500, we may add these miles and then the rest of the fare that can be more or less than $400 for flight booking.
Sometimes we may use those miles to book hotels, cabs, etc wherever airlines allowed to use.
Disadvantages
#1. Can't use miles on other airlines except some
Hopefully, we may not use these airline's miles to book any other airline's flight tickets except those Airlines that allow us to do this.
i.
Like said before when we book flight tickets from Fantasy Airlines you will get a reward as miles and you may use that to book only Fantasy Airlines' flight tickets.
So next time when you are searching for flights, you may get a cheaper flight from another airline, but you may not use Fantasy airline's miles to book that low price flight ticket.
ii.
Hope this will not happen, still, airlines observe our activities through our accounts. They keep their eyes on our travels, search records and see which destinations we search the most.
They may raise high the flight ticket prices on those destinations.
So, the first time you got a flight ticket from Point Earth to point Mars which cost you $280 and you got a reward of 800miles from Fantasy Airlines, next time same destination flight ticket price may not the same, may rise up or go down.
If this goes down it's ok.
If that goes up. This may turn to completely the opposite.
#3. You have to follow their rules.
Hopefully, these miles are non-transferable.
You can't use those miles to book flights from other accounts.
You only have to book that specific airline's flight tickets if you want to use those miles.
These miles may valid for a limited time, after that they may completely useless.
So, to use them you have to travel using the same airline with the flight ticket they offer whatever the ticket price is.
Advantages
#1. Cancel, modify or make changes to your flight tickets easily by contacting Airlines.
If you want to book flight tickets with the airline's official websites, sign up with all of those airlines you use to travel, that's all I can say, you may get good rewards, sometimes gift awards and offers from those specific airlines.
Don't think about cancellation or modify fact, it's easy to do using some other ways, which may seem illegal but of course not.
Online travel booking websites
Now come with the same situations with online travel booking websites.
Disadvantages
#1. Cancel, modify my flight ticket:
When we book flight tickets from online travel booking websites this may sometimes little uneasy to cancel or make any changes on flight tickets.
But as those websites want their customers to stay with them, they will do something for you.
Besides, before booking any flight ticket you may call and interact with that travel booking website's customer service members and then do the same to the airline's Customer Care Service Center for a cross-check.
Ask them, "1. Can you cancel your flight ticket and get a full refund after flight booking?" and "2. Can you modify or make changes on your flight ticket after booking? If yes, what's the process and how many changes" etc.
Advantages
#1. Different rewards
When you book flight tickets from online travel booking websites you may get good rewards which you can use on next flight booking, cab booking, hotel reservations, shopping, movies, etc places where those websites are associated.
#2. Use rewards on booking flight
As said we may use these rewards to book same airlnes flights or we may use these rewards to book any other airline's flight ticket.
First time flight from Earth to Mars on Fantasy Airlines flight's ticket price may $500 for one way trip.
Next time when we travel from Earth to Mars Fantasy Airlines flight ticket's price may $600 and at that same time there can other airlines whose flight ticket's price may lower than the Fantasy Airlines flight's ticket.
#3. Get offer on for other areas-
When you sign up and join Travel Booking Websites; you'll get different offers on hotel bookings, holiday packages etc also.
#4. Use rewards on other spaces like the hotel, cab, etc.
Most of the online travel booking websites are doing business and associated with different, not only just airlines but different areas on market like shopping, cabs, train booking, bus booking, hotel booking, holiday, cruise, etc. So one may use these use rewards anywhere.
Sign up with all of these online travel booking websites. This will help you to stay updated. You may get extra rewards, special awards, offer vouchers, etc from them which you may use on booking later.
I am using affiliate links here on some places which means when you book from here. Those websites will pay me as you are using their facilities and offerings.
Whatever this is.
Hope you get these points. There can be more or less. I may completely right or opposite. This is my point of view.
So, What do you think?
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