Cheaper flight ticket for India

[TimeTravel 78]

Hey guys,

Just thought to share my experience about cheaper flight for India. Recently I found an awesome site, so thought to share with you guys! Thought it may be helpful. I have done booking in last few yrs with cheaptickets, orbitz, makemytrip, etc etc.

Just booked my ticket for India, here is the price that I saw with diff sites for my selected dates:

United.com - $1,793.18

Makemytrip - $1,773

cheapoair - $1,808.13

Amex Travel - $1,804.17

orbitz - $1,793.18

expedia - $1,793.13

Hotwire - $1,793 18

indianeagle - $1,657.13 ( over the phone price )as online price on their site is $20-30 expensive.

Best experience with IndianEagle and best price I ever could compare anywhere. Plus the best thing was that they used my amex card with united airlines directly, so I could get 3x points rather than 1 point if I used with some agent. Plus I was able to use my United frequent flyer card number, so I can earn rewards for this booking.

Please note, above price comparison for exact date/exact time/exact stop flight only.

I am neither affiliate nor marker of this site. I just found it and saw awesome price, so thought to share with you guys.

Please give a try, and see whether it saves your money! If you guys know some other awesome sites, then share it in this thread.

Thank you!

Edited September 14, 2012 by iwaiting

[sunshine_84 11]

your numbers don't help anyone to judge without knowing exact travel dates (outbound/inbound) and departure/arrival airports.

FYI, No travel agents/online seller has rights to block their customers to get frequent flier miles and most of the reputed airlines I have traveled gives from 70% to 100% of your actual miles in economy ticket.

[TimeTravel 78]

your numbers don't help anyone to judge without knowing exact travel dates (outbound/inbound) and departure/arrival airports.

FYI, No travel agents/online seller has rights to block their customers to get frequent flier miles and most of the reputed airlines I have traveled gives from 70% to 100% of your actual miles in economy ticket.

Due to privacy reason, I didnt disclose the travel dates in public forum. But I will take an example here, and hope it helps.

Flight for India ( EWR - DEL )

Departure: Dec 5, 2012 at 8:40 pm

Return: Dec 12, 2012 at 11:35 pm

Type: Economy, Non-stop

Airline: United

Please note, below all prices are taken at 8:15 am EST ( Sep 14 ) to ensure the accuracy for fare.

United.com - $1,755.18

Hotwire - $1,755 18

Orbitz - $1,755.18

Priceline - $1755.18

Expedia - $1,755.13

Webjet - $1755.13

Cheapfareguru - $1671

IndianEagle - $1672 ( online price )

Seems like that cheapfareguru/indianeagle have very good fare. But if you speak with real guy from IndianEagle, then they will give better discount than their online price. I mean $20-30 or even more.

Plus I like IndianEagle, because they used my card to buy the ticket directly with airline, and my card had charged for United Airline Inc, and I will get 3x points on my amex card rather than 1x point if used for orbitz/expedia/any online/offline travel agent.

As far as concerned frequently flyer miles: Last time when I booked my ticket with travelocity and my card was charged for Travelocity. I provided my JetAirlines ff number at the time of online booking, and they credited all miles in my jetairways ff account ( exactly what they said at the time of booking ).

And this time when I booked my ticket with IndianEagle guys, they used my United FF number, and when I login my united account using my ff number/PIN, I can see my booking, and miles that they would award me after completing the travel.

Of course, I heard, some agents do air ticket and dont have an option to provide ff miles.

Overall, IndianEagle seems great deal to me. Great price, charge card with airline directly ( so extra miles on cc ), and airlines miles. Awesome deal.

Next time, I will try cheapfareguru, if they could be better than IndianEagle.

Thank you!

Edited September 14, 2012 by iwaiting