Comments on: Help Reduce flight prices for families http://www.travel-rants.com/2006/01/21/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://www.travel-rants.com/2006/01/21/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-430 Simon Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:08:38 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/index.php/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-430 Hi Guys Has a Manager of a small independent travel agent I can see exactly where Caitlin is coming from regarding these issues.Most of the big 4 tour operators are exremely guilty regarding upping holiday costs during school holidays & will continue to get away with this until the public actually say "no more" Will this happen? I doubt it. With regards to Caitlin's rant with Jet2 & Thomas Cook I again totally agree with her.As a travel agent we are more & more being squeezed from our commissions & pressured into selling more of their holidays, from the tour operator (especially Thomas Cook)& we are unable to sell tailored made holidays. Now after checking on int2suns site I am totally flabbergasted that after not letting the independent travel agent do this they are indeed doing this themselves with total contempt for the holidaymaker & what is worse is that Jet2 are letting them do this.Hopefully the paying public will see this & see it for what it is.All these budget airlines on the surface say they are totally customer focused giving cheap flights whilst the big tour operators are profit focused & selling budet flights at a massive profit.My conclusion is that they all pee in the same pot & hopefully soon this will come out into the open. ABTA???? Abolutely no backbone I end my rant S.P. Hi Guys
Has a Manager of a small independent travel agent I can see exactly where Caitlin is coming from regarding these issues.Most of the big 4 tour operators are exremely guilty regarding upping holiday costs during school holidays & will continue to get away with this until the public actually say “no more” Will this happen? I doubt it.
With regards to Caitlin’s rant with Jet2 & Thomas Cook I again totally agree with her.As a travel agent we are more & more being squeezed from our commissions & pressured into selling more of their holidays, from the tour operator (especially Thomas Cook)& we are unable to sell tailored made holidays.
Now after checking on int2suns site I am totally flabbergasted that after not letting the independent travel agent do this they are indeed doing this themselves with total contempt for the holidaymaker & what is worse is that Jet2 are letting them do this.Hopefully the paying public will see this & see it for what it is.All these budget airlines on the surface say they are totally customer focused giving cheap flights whilst the big tour operators are profit focused & selling budet flights at a massive profit.My conclusion is that they all pee in the same pot & hopefully soon this will come out into the open.
ABTA???? Abolutely no backbone

I end my rant

S.P.

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]]> By: Darren http://www.travel-rants.com/2006/01/21/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-429 Darren Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:10:18 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/index.php/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-429 Wow, great points Caitlin!! I had not realised that Jet2.com were allowing travel agents to book their flights, especially, when they have www.flythomascook.com, who beyond my amazement are charging £2.99 for a holiday guide - what happened to travel agents providing information on holiday destinations for FREE?! Good Rant Caitlin, hope to see you back soon! Wow, great points Caitlin!! I had not realised that Jet2.com were allowing travel agents to book their flights, especially, when they have http://www.flythomascook.com, who beyond my amazement are charging £2.99 for a holiday guide – what happened to travel agents providing information on holiday destinations for FREE?! Good Rant Caitlin, hope to see you back soon!

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]]> By: Caitlin http://www.travel-rants.com/2006/01/21/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-428 Caitlin Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:55:46 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/index.php/lets-put-pressure-on-airlines-to-reduce-prices/#comment-428 Without predjustice. Reading your rant does not suprise me in the slightest.Jet2 who state they do not use agents therefore to reduce flight costs is a joke.For example go to the Thomas Cook powered website In2sun.com (Intasun!!! remember them) where I priced a tailor made holiday & Thomas Cook overpriced me £106.00 for flights (I compared them to Jet2 prices on the website ie same flight,date etc) to my destination just for the pleasure of booking with them.This obviously means that Jet2 are aware thet tour operators are using these low cost airlines for their own profit & Jet2 are allowing them to do so. So what is the chance of any of the holiday industry reducing holiday prices during school holidays? Answer NIL. Why are Thomas Cook not advertising this year & have closed Thomas Cook TV maybe its because they are abusing us while whilst also abusing Jet2 who as long as they get their monet probably are not bothered. Good luck Without predjustice.
Reading your rant does not suprise me in the slightest.Jet2 who state they do not use agents therefore to reduce flight costs is a joke.For example go to the Thomas Cook powered website In2sun.com (Intasun!!! remember them) where I priced a tailor made holiday & Thomas Cook overpriced me £106.00 for flights (I compared them to Jet2 prices on the website ie same flight,date etc) to my destination just for the pleasure of booking with them.This obviously means that Jet2 are aware thet tour operators are using these low cost airlines for their own profit & Jet2 are allowing them to do so. So what is the chance of any of the holiday industry reducing holiday prices during school holidays? Answer NIL.
Why are Thomas Cook not advertising this year & have closed Thomas Cook TV maybe its because they are abusing us while whilst also abusing Jet2 who as long as they get their monet probably are not bothered.

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