Changing Travel Dates. Cat Phone Cards And Emirates Airline.

[pattayadingo]

I have a return ticket and had been told I could change the date with no financial penalties. That in itself was correct, but.....

Phoning Emirates UK from Thailand on a CAT phone card, I was told the number was either busy or could not be reached. Maybe 50 times in 2 days I tried to get through.

I ended up phoning the dealer who booked my original flight. He said March was no problem. Took him 3 days to sort it out and I got an e-mail stating the flight is now Feb 8th (NOT March) The excuse being there were no flights available after this date.

I phoned my son in the UK about it. He phoned Emirates. They would have changed the flight for free to March. Now I would have to pay £70 for a 2nd change. I decided it was not worth it for 1 month.

Two points worth noting here.

1] CAT phone cards do not like to connect to lines like Emirates that answer instantly and play music.

2] It seems to me it is better to deal direct with the airline themselves when changing flight dates and not with the agent to get the best dates.

Lessons learned for me and maybe useful for someone else.

[pgthompson]

You'd have been better off phoning Emirates in Bangkok, I changed my return ticket last year as I needed to get back to the UK a month earlier than expected, they did charge me £75 though.

Does anyone know if you can extend the return flight with Emirates?

[Forkinhades]

You'd have been better off phoning Emirates in Bangkok, I changed my return ticket last year as I needed to get back to the UK a month earlier than expected, they did charge me £75 though.

Does anyone know if you can extend the return flight with Emirates?

As you have already stated, telephone emirates Bangkok

[takatukaland]

You'd have been better off phoning Emirates in Bangkok, I changed my return ticket last year as I needed to get back to the UK a month earlier than expected, they did charge me £75 though.

Does anyone know if you can extend the return flight with Emirates?

depends what kind of ticket u have? they hv 30days tickets 60days tickets 90days 180days ...,,,

also look at a the fare rule,there u can see how much they charge for change or cancelation of flight.

example if u bought a 90days ticket leaving bkk at march1st then ur ticket is valid till may29th so u can change ur flights to any date between march1st and may29th depending on airline and fare rule free or for a fee

[pattayadingo]

You'd have been better off phoning Emirates in Bangkok, I changed my return ticket last year as I needed to get back to the UK a month earlier than expected, they did charge me £75 though.

Does anyone know if you can extend the return flight with Emirates?

I already stated they changed my ticket for free and wanted to charge for a 2nd change if that was what I wanted.

Q class ticket as I recall.

[takatukaland]

You'd have been better off phoning Emirates in Bangkok, I changed my return ticket last year as I needed to get back to the UK a month earlier than expected, they did charge me £75 though.

Does anyone know if you can extend the return flight with Emirates?

I already stated they changed my ticket for free and wanted to charge for a 2nd change if that was what I wanted.

Q class ticket as I recall.

again have a look on the ticket,there must be a fare rule,it tells u exactly which fees apply,anyway u can call emirates office in bkk