Questions tagged [bookings]
The processes of making, modifying, checking, cancelling, and disputing reservations for accommodation, tickets, etc in advance.
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My name causes an issue with any booking! (names end with MR and MRS)
My name is Amr Eladawy. Whenever I get a ticket through an agent and they put my first name as Amr, it lands as A only in the Airlines system. That happened with many airlines and different agents. ...
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Airline reservations require name to exactly match passport, but won't allow entering name that way
My sister's name on her passport is 25 characters not including spaces: 5 letters for her given name, 7 letters for her middle name, and 13 letters, including a hyphen, for her last name. (It's NOT a ...
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How to book a flight if my passport doesn't state my gender?
I am asking on behalf of my friend.
My friend doesn't have a gender (in other words they are gender-neutral) and on their new passport their gender is represented as X (indeterminate/unspecified). ...
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Why are some hotels asking you to book through Booking.com instead of matching the price at the front desk?
It's happened to me a few times when I've wanted to book a room the same day. I've researched the prices on various hotels before visiting a hotel. At the front desk I present how many days I want to ...
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Should I not use double things in a double room if I have booked it as a single guest?
Some hotels physically don't have single rooms even if they can be booked so. The towels, soap, shampoo and so on are always for two guests. I'm not a wasteful person, but I wonder if I'm allowed to ...
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I am Chinese. Which name is my surname and which is my last name, for a flight booking?
My name is Minnie Wong Qin Qing. If I put Wong as my surname, and the others as my last name, finally the full name will be:
Minnie Qin Qing Wong.
So what can I do?
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Do countries get the manifest of every passenger that's flying through their airspace? Who knows who's boarded on a plane?
In regards to the Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’ I wonder if the Belarus intelligence was handed the manifest as a routine or they somehow got access ...
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Why would a company want me to book a flight via a travel agent if it is more expensive?
I am trying to book a flight. My university usually asks that we book a flight via a travel agent, but the prices he gives me are about $50 higher than the prices I can get by online booking in the ...
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I need to fly between two European countries once a month. What is the cheapest way to do it?
Currently I am staying in the Netherlands but I need to go back to my country (Spain) once a month from now on for some years. Each time I only need to stay one day, and the flight dates are flexible, ...
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Hotel booking: Why is Agoda much cheaper than booking.com?
I noticed that Agoda.com often offers significant cheaper prices than booking.com when comparing prices (looking at the same hotel, same room type, same dates...).
I wonder why that is considering ...
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How does overbooking work with reserved seats?
I never understood how overbooking of flights actually works. I understand the economic principle, just not how its practically done. For the most part there are two types of airlines, low cost ...
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My name has "Mr" appended on airline ticket reservation. Would that cause problems at the airport?
I recently booked tickets to travel by plane from the UK to Greece. The website I booked through (airfasttickets.co.uk) lists my name correctly, as "Mr Georgios [My surname]", exactly the same as in ...
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How can I book a flight plan found on Matrix Airfare Search?
When I find a flight I like on the Matrix Airfare Search, it spits out a bunch of travel agent secret codes™. If I look for the same flight on the airline's web site, I often get much higher rates. ...
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Why do Ryanair allow me to book connecting itineraries through a third party, but not through their own website?
Yesterday I booked trip to Rome.
I found this journey through Skyscanner and booked it through Kiwi.com.
Before booking with Kiwi, I tried searching the same flights up directly with Norwegian Air ...
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Book one night on Airbnb, then make a deal with the host to book directly. Any downsides?
I've recently booked a stay with Airbnb for $1600 of which between $240 and $320 went to Airbnb in the form of host or guest fees. I like to avoid fees whenever possible, so I was thinking of a way to ...
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