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I have used Orbits a few time in the past. There fares are usually
very close to the advertized fares by the airlines. Not this time. I searched the site for travelling to China in August, EWR to BJS outbound, PVG to EAR inbound for the five of us in the family. Got fares as low as $824 which seem incredibly low. But it says to contact the airlines to purchase. It is incredible because when I call the airlines, the announced fare is much, much higher. What's up with that? |
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Orbitz
Try using other sites or phone a travel agent to see if you can duplicate
the fare. It might not be possible, though. Orbitz often makes "mistakes" with these low fares and gets people's hopes up. Traveler "Yaofeng" wrote in message m... I have used Orbits a few time in the past. There fares are usually very close to the advertized fares by the airlines. Not this time. I searched the site for travelling to China in August, EWR to BJS outbound, PVG to EAR inbound for the five of us in the family. Got fares as low as $824 which seem incredibly low. But it says to contact the airlines to purchase. It is incredible because when I call the airlines, the announced fare is much, much higher. What's up with that? |
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"Traveler" wrote in message news:fHlmc.21985$LA4.20481@edtnps84...
Try using other sites or phone a travel agent to see if you can duplicate the fare. It might not be possible, though. Orbitz often makes "mistakes" with these low fares and gets people's hopes up. Traveler "Yaofeng" wrote in message m... I have used Orbits a few time in the past. There fares are usually very close to the advertized fares by the airlines. Not this time. I searched the site for travelling to China in August, EWR to BJS outbound, PVG to EAR inbound for the five of us in the family. Got fares as low as $824 which seem incredibly low. But it says to contact the airlines to purchase. It is incredible because when I call the airlines, the announced fare is much, much higher. What's up with that? I've stopped using anyother sites than Orbitz. Either that or buy directly from the carrier. Some of the air travel sites are simply atrocious. I did contact a few travel agents. A little over a thousand is the cheapest we can get, out of JFK. Those fares with contact airline caveat attached are all associated with one particular carrier, Air China. They don't have English website. |
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