Booking With Expedia Vs Airline

Now let s jump back to the travel agent vs.

Booking with expedia vs airline. Airlines did the same thing cut commissions to travel agents in the 90s. Points programs aside there isn t really any benefit to booking travel through a site like expedia travelocity or orbitz. 11 expedia offers cheaper flight plus hotel packages.

We are planning a trip to europe in september 2011. But in general nonstop flights with kayak are far cheaper than those with expedia says openroomz. Expedia is all fine and dandy to use 98 of the time.

You can bundle flight hotel and car deals so you don t have to go through the headache of looking separately and trying to coordinate all the deals. So like the stingy parents otas will not offer the smorgasbord of travel products and discounts they used to. The same series of flights exactly the same is about 125 cheaper on expedia using all air nz flights than on air nz both quoted in canadian.

I have also found that expedia will have a cheaper fare then what the airline has but when you go to book the airfare it has gone up to exactly what the. Posted by mary denver on 11 26 10 06 15 pm. Just to clarify on exactly how it works with regard to cancellation or delay on tickets issued by travel agents.

In fact it s the vendors that price the products not the otas themselves. I have found that the prices vary greatly between such websites. If there is a cancellation or change to the flight anytime before online check in opens initiated by either the airline or the passenger it has to be dealt with via the travel agent.

Travelers booked flights and hotels through these sites back in the day because their prices seemed to be so much cheaper. If you don t want to wait around at the airport kayak might be the best pick depending on your destination. And often like 5 10 more on travel sites since they have to pay a fee for using the site.