Timeline for Why would a company want me to book a flight via a travel agent if it is more expensive?
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| Sep 20, 2016 at 17:52 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ |
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| May 19, 2016 at 20:10 | comment | added | Dean MacGregor | It could be that when you book with the travel agent you're getting refundable tickets in case the university decides to cancel your travel. It could be that they want a single vendor to audit the records because they don't want to trust printouts of receipts. I doubt it has to do with a contract between the vendor and university since you're booking the ticket not some travel dept from within the university making it for you. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 7:36 | history | protected | Nean Der Thal | ||
| May 18, 2016 at 21:19 | answer | added | kenish | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 18, 2016 at 13:27 | comment | added | Dan Henderson | When you say "via a travel agent", do you mean that the university has a specific travel agent that they want you to use, or just that they recommend a travel agent (i.e., any agent will do)? | |
| May 18, 2016 at 10:38 | answer | added | HonestDavid | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 23:32 | answer | added | Robert | timeline score: 14 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 20:54 | comment | added | phoog | I think the main reason is to enforce travel policies. You've found a ticket that's $50 less, but someone else might book a 2-day layover in Bali for $1000 more. Without the travel agent, the university would need to have someone examining your booking to ensure that it complies with policy. It's cheaper for them to conclude an agreement with a travel specialist and require you to book through said specialist. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 18:29 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | @gerrit usually this would be a migration target, have to see if some high-up user or mod agrees. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 17:56 | answer | added | Count Iblis | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 17:45 | answer | added | Relaxed | timeline score: 20 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 16:35 | answer | added | Pete Kirkham | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 16:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/732609103323893764 | ||
| May 17, 2016 at 15:06 | answer | added | Grzegorz Oledzki | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 14:05 | history | edited | Kate Gregory | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 17, 2016 at 13:16 | comment | added | gerrit | This is essential answered at The Workplace. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 11:57 | comment | added | Berwyn | I suspect that your university imposes this requirement so that they can be assured that the ticket actually was purchased and at what price. Companies sometimes have this policy because they get a kick-back from the travel agent, but I wouldn't expect that to be likely for a university. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 11:40 | comment | added | Erel Segal-Halevi | It is a trip to a scientific conference. I get a refund from the university. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 11:35 | answer | added | DCTLib | timeline score: 76 | |
| May 17, 2016 at 11:31 | comment | added | papakias | You said 'my university asks'. Is this a group trip for the university? What does the university has to do with all this? | |
| May 17, 2016 at 11:26 | history | asked | Erel Segal-Halevi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |