Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > They haven't yet finished processing one booking for me, and I already > hate them. Their web site is dismal. Their feedback form doesn't work. > Their people are as broken as their web site. Yeah, that site needs some love and given that the prices there are pre-tax it is kind of a kludge :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGEIyiXQZpNTcrCzMRAhV2AKDJG9FldED/zRSUx5hMdCUyemAFpwCeKWFm dqAeJI5PtmSNValOcCI2Pj0= =5hOe -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ashok _ wrote: > Any suggestions on which budget airlines in india to avoid / go for.? > > Have been warned about the one called Air Deccan by many people... Air Deccan seems to be taking a large bundle of flak these days it was good earlier. IndiGo and Go seem to have nice clean interiors (more the former than the latter), KIngfisher is kind of good although so is SpiceJet. One thing you might want to do is buy direct rather than the online travel sites (that's a tip from my wife who did prove it conclusively yesterday) Jet's nice but it does have some odd flight times sometimes :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGEIxRXQZpNTcrCzMRAuIzAKCmP+ONhBVMfge5LF/u9DEhHvRbPwCeP49g 06/ayYapJvo/843f4fQQCak= =fMmd -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
On 02/04/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Her advice: use online booking sites to help you negotiate with your travel agent, but don't actually book tickets through them. Exactly. Use the travel sites for fare comparisons, schedules and possible connections, nothing more. Here in Gibraltar, if I take an online price quote printout for a set of flights to any high-street travel agent, I get guaranteed cheaper-by at least £10 tickets for the same flights. She's biased of course, and I suspect her advice only holds true for some of the higher end travel agencies that have higher service standards. In India (due to the NRI fares) I use an agent of the Uniglobe franchisee chain - www.uniglobe.com. I have email/phone access 24x7 to them, hotels/visas/other consular help, immediate help in case of flight delays/cancellations/missed connections etc. which an online site can be hardly expected to provide. Binand
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Biju Chacko [02/04/07 09:09 +0530]: Her advice: use online booking sites to help you negotiate with your travel agent, but don't actually book tickets through them. for domestic, that doesnt hold good for international - agreed 100%.. besides a good TA can do stuff like book you into specific fare buckets (V for example is the lowest class that's economy and still earns 100% miles on air france / lufthansa..), also can block a booking and hold it for a few days instead of ticketing immediately as would happen on an online booking site, etc. She's biased of course, and I suspect her advice only holds true for some of the higher end travel agencies that have higher service standards. The "travel agency" doesnt matter as much as the agent who does the booking. Find a clueful agent and have some clue about how an airline gds like amadeus or galileo works, and you have got it made. srs (lufthansa gold, airfrance platinum) -- Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gpg EDEDEFB9 email sturmbahnfuehrer | lower middle class unix sysadmin
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Binand Sethumadhavan [01/04/07 19:42 +0200]: For fare comparisons, you should look at makemytrip.com or yatra.com. cleartrip.com is far better - and has a nice, clean and uncluttered interface
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
On 4/2/07, Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- ams, who will avoid makemytrip.com in future. My wife, who is a travel agent, has a ready supply of online booking horror stories. Everything from broken websites that bill you but don't actually book a ticket, issued tickets that the airline doesn't know about and more. Nothing malicious, just a general air of total incompetence. She also says that they're based around the concept of making the customer do the travel agent's job -- with predictable results. Her advice: use online booking sites to help you negotiate with your travel agent, but don't actually book tickets through them. She's biased of course, and I suspect her advice only holds true for some of the higher end travel agencies that have higher service standards. -- b
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
At 2007-04-02 06:09:22 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I still get mail from makemytrip for one booking I made 6 months ago. Oh great. They haven't yet finished processing one booking for me, and I already hate them. Their web site is dismal. Their feedback form doesn't work. Their people are as broken as their web site. I booked two tickets on the 5th of March, and they were sent a cheque the next day. Then they sat around twiddling their thumbs, it appears, all the while insisting that everything was fine, and that the tickets would be issued "real soon now". Then on the 25th, they said "oh, we're not able to book the first leg of your flight, so we'll have to change the bookings". That despite repeatedly assuring us that the tickets were confirmed. And now they're pointing fingers at everything but themselves. -- ams, who will avoid makemytrip.com in future.
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On 2 Apr 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I am price conscious about a trip I usually choose the cheapest > on cleartrip.com - they don't seem to have an extra fee for booking. I like the general layout of cleartrip.com. The price you see when you make the selection of flights is the amount that you are debited for. Also, when they say that they won't contact you, they don't. I still get mail from makemytrip for one booking I made 6 months ago. -- Alok "Show business is just like high school, except you get paid." -- Martin Mull
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On 4/1/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any suggestions on which budget airlines in india to avoid / go for.? Have been warned about the one called Air Deccan by many people... With the exception of the newly launched IndiGO and GO air, I have flown on every other carrier multiple times and I find myself when I have a choice choosing between Jet and King Fisher. While Jet has more flights and street credibility, I think KingFisher is shaping up very nicely - better planes and equally good service. As far as individual experiences go, the airline doesn't seem to matter that much. I've had excellent flights on Air Deccan and rather bad ones on Jet. If I am price conscious about a trip I usually choose the cheapest on cleartrip.com - they don't seem to have an extra fee for booking. OTOH, Air Deccan likes to experiment with its website rather often, and breaks the cost comparison websites. Cheeni
Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:42:56PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > It's small by Bangalore standards -- but not unreasonably so. > 1000 sq ft is fairly big in BOM. and Bangalore isn't exactly expensive housing. Devdas Bhagat
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
Apart from these travel sites ,one could also check out individual airline websites; for example, Travelguru doesn't give Spicejet or Paramount listings at all, whenever I have tried it. I have travelled several times by Spicejet and my experience has been good so far, a fair amount cheaper than Jet but still reliable. Would like to get others' feedback on Spicejet But I do agree that Jet is probably the best airline in the Indian skies today Deepa. On 4/1/07, Tarun Dua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Did not know about this site ... thanks. > yatra.com makemytrip.com cleartrip.com travelguru.com Hopefully you can see them all in the "google ads" ;-) -Tarun
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
Did not know about this site ... thanks. yatra.com makemytrip.com cleartrip.com travelguru.com Hopefully you can see them all in the "google ads" ;-) -Tarun
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
On 4/1/07, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: For fare comparisons, you should look at makemytrip.com or yatra.com. Did not know about this site ... thanks. ashok
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
On 01/04/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmm... Jet is sort of pricey i am looking for fairly reliable cheaper alternatives... It is not that bad. If you book well in advance, then you get dirt-cheap fares on Jet (in various classes like V, H and so on... with the usual restrictions of no cancellation/modification etc.). Even otherwise, I find fares on Jet & other airlines comparable in the sector I travel the most, MAA-HYD. I think it is pricey only when you are booking a day or two in advance. Other options to try are Sahara & Kingfisher, if you are completely against Deccan :) I have heard Paramount is reasonably OK for S. Indian destinations. For fare comparisons, you should look at makemytrip.com or yatra.com. Lastly, try to avoid the "special" USD fares all airlines seem to have for non-Indian credit cards. Personally speaking, I find the little extra fare that Jet charges usually pays for itself in terms of hassle-free travelling. Binand
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Danese Cooper said the following on 01/04/2007 20:50: > I swear by Jet. I even have frequent flyer miles with them (although I > live in San Francisco). IMHO, they are the only domestic Indian carrier > that has their act together. I have flown Sahara without incident, but > Jet feels like Southwest Air to me. Clueful. Jet is not budget. I flew Kingfisher recently and was quite impressed. Ram -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGD+UQRQoToz9njMgRCMpIAKDFhAE8kxRW/IWATyb1rS3SY14goACbBJbl 7fsBmWdUAd4RC5wgELs+z3k= =6Y5T -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
Hmm... Jet is sort of pricey i am looking for fairly reliable cheaper alternatives... (cheap as in not "crash land" cheap) On 4/1/07, Danese Cooper wrote: I swear by Jet. I even have frequent flyer miles with them (although I live in San Francisco). IMHO, they are the only domestic Indian carrier that has their act together. I have flown Sahara without incident, but Jet feels like Southwest Air to me. Clueful.
Re: [silk] indian budget airlines
I swear by Jet. I even have frequent flyer miles with them (although I live in San Francisco). IMHO, they are the only domestic Indian carrier that has their act together. I have flown Sahara without incident, but Jet feels like Southwest Air to me. Clueful. On Apr 1, 2007, at 9:38 AM, ashok _ wrote: Any suggestions on which budget airlines in india to avoid / go for.? Have been warned about the one called Air Deccan by many people...
[silk] indian budget airlines
Any suggestions on which budget airlines in india to avoid / go for.? Have been warned about the one called Air Deccan by many people...
Re: [silk] CTR in Malleswaram stands for....?
That's the old and popularly known name. Don't go looking for it, 'cos the restaurant sports a different name, one I cannot recall right now. Good idea to reach Malleswaram Club / Grounds and look for a oldish looking restaurant in a corner on other side of Margosa Road. Of course, easier to just ask someone around there. Anil KUMAR On 4/1/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:51:09 +0530 Subject: Re: [silk] CTR in Malleswaram stands for? Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 02:27 AM 3/31/2007 ] >> CTR stands for: Central Tiffin Room or Central Tiffany Room? I >> have heard both versions, and was unable to verify the name when I >> was there recently. > >I've only heard of MTR == Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (sic) > >I'd strongly bet on Tiffin According to a couple of old Malleswaram residents I asked (who have been in the area 30+ years) it is Central Tiffin Rooms. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- Forwarded message -- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:53:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [silk] CTR in Malleswaram stands for? Thanks Udhay! Kamla Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 02:27 AM 3/31/2007 ] >> CTR stands for: Central Tiffin Room or Central Tiffany Room? I >> have heard both versions, and was unable to verify the name when I >> was there recently. > >I've only heard of MTR == Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (sic) > >I'd strongly bet on Tiffin According to a couple of old Malleswaram residents I asked (who have been in the area 30+ years) it is Central Tiffin Rooms. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
