Travel Agents out there....

[nikone]

I was wondering if you can be help liable/responsible financially or otherwise for issuing a ticket with missing taxes/fuel/surcharges?

I am asking after speaking with a veteran travel agent who I am close with and she thinks and swears that if she issues a ticket in a glitch scenario she will be (insert some weird travel agent term for a charge back) right out of her account.

In essence can you get back lash for it?

[Alexsei]

FTFY Debit Memo

[nikone]

FTFY Debit Memo

No answer?

Yeah I just remembered too!

 ADM - Automatic Debit Memo

[ilherman]

I was wondering if you can be help liable/responsible financially or otherwise for issuing a ticket with missing taxes/fuel/surcharges?

I am asking after speaking with a veteran travel agent who I am close with and she thinks and swears that if she issues a ticket in a glitch scenario she will be (insert some weird travel agent term for a charge back) right out of her account.

In essence can you get back lash for it?

Of course a TA will not do it.

[bentch]

Looking for a reliable and honest travel agent for a business that can manage flights, car rentals and hotels, both domestic and international. please PM for details.

[lubaby]

Looking for a reliable and honest travel agent for a business that can manage flights, car rentals and hotels, both domestic and international. please PM for details.

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[Moishebatchy]

ADM actually stands for "agency debit memo". And yes, we WILL get slapped with those for not acting in "good faith". For example, "hidden city ticketing" is against the rules. Now, if I book one person NYC-TLV-NYC-ORD, I can always play dumb and say that this guy insisted he needed that last leg to Chicago, and it's not my fault he "missed" it; but if they see that I am doing it on a consistent basis, issuing dozens of such tickets with all of the passengers missing the last leg, then they can penalize me severely, because it's pretty obvious I'm doing it on purpose.

So it really boils down to how obvious it is that I'm being shady. Booking NYC-TLV followed by PRG-NRT (like the recent main site post) is extremely obvious that the last leg is only being booked to trick the system, and the airline would fine the crap out of me. But the Delta glitch a few months ago, where you could book NYC-LAX round trip for $50, would not be a problem for me to book - I put in the origin and destination exactly as usual, and asked the system for an "auto-price". Not my fault if it's spitting out a ridiculously cheap price; I followed regular protocol to the letter, so I'm (usually) not to blame.

[shimino1]

ADM actually stands for "agency debit memo". And yes, we WILL get slapped with those for not acting in "good faith". For example, "hidden city ticketing" is against the rules. Now, if I book one person NYC-TLV-NYC-ORD, I can always play dumb and say that this guy insisted he needed that last leg to Chicago, and it's not my fault he "missed" it; but if they see that I am doing it on a consistent basis, issuing dozens of such tickets with all of the passengers missing the last leg, then they can penalize me severely, because it's pretty obvious I'm doing it on purpose.

So it really boils down to how obvious it is that I'm being shady. Booking NYC-TLV followed by PRG-NRT (like the recent main site post) is extremely obvious that the last leg is only being booked to trick the system, and the airline would fine the crap out of me. But the Delta glitch a few months ago, where you could book NYC-LAX round trip for $50, would not be a problem for me to book - I put in the origin and destination exactly as usual, and asked the system for an "auto-price". Not my fault if it's spitting out a ridiculously cheap price; I followed regular protocol to the letter, so I'm (usually) not to blame.

You use "we" alot. Are you yourself a TA? Im looking for a TA to work with with an prefrence for somone that keeps Israel hours.

[DovtheBear]

You use "we" alot. Are you yourself a TA? Im looking for a TA to work with with an prefrence for somone that keeps Israel hours.

Nice detective work there.

[shimino1]

Nice detective work there.

Slow day all around hua?

[Suave]

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+1  - Best of the best.

[DovtheBear]

Slow day all around hua?

Hua?

[Moishebatchy]

You use "we" alot. Are you yourself a TA? Im looking for a TA to work with with an prefrence for somone that keeps Israel hours.

Yup.

Nice detective work there.

LOL

[shimino1]

Hua?

The fact you have the time and energy for these comments.
And yes, LOL.

[nikone]

ADM actually stands for "agency debit memo". And yes, we WILL get slapped with those for not acting in "good faith". For example, "hidden city ticketing" is against the rules. Now, if I book one person NYC-TLV-NYC-ORD, I can always play dumb and say that this guy insisted he needed that last leg to Chicago, and it's not my fault he "missed" it; but if they see that I am doing it on a consistent basis, issuing dozens of such tickets with all of the passengers missing the last leg, then they can penalize me severely, because it's pretty obvious I'm doing it on purpose.

So it really boils down to how obvious it is that I'm being shady. Booking NYC-TLV followed by PRG-NRT (like the recent main site post) is extremely obvious that the last leg is only being booked to trick the system, and the airline would fine the crap out of me. But the Delta glitch a few months ago, where you could book NYC-LAX round trip for $50, would not be a problem for me to book - I put in the origin and destination exactly as usual, and asked the system for an "auto-price". Not my fault if it's spitting out a ridiculously cheap price; I followed regular protocol to the letter, so I'm (usually) not to blame.

Thanks for the response, I am going to now argue my point even harder with my TA next door.

[meshugener]

Looking for a reliable and honest travel agent for a business that can manage flights, car rentals and hotels, both domestic and international. please PM for details.

WhyAich

WhyAich@gmail.com

[SGF]

AFAIK WhyAich dosent do domestic.

DDF member CBS
http://travelcbs.com/

+1

[Moishebatchy]

Thanks for the response, I am going to now argue my point even harder with my TA next door.

Haven't you been listening? Very rarely do glitches fall into the "clean as a whistle" category. Your neighbor is right for not wanting to touch them with a ten foot pole.

[DovtheBear]

The fact you have the time and energy for these comments.
And yes, LOL.

I'm still not sure what 'hua' is.

[shimino1]

I'm still not sure what 'hua' is.

Take me out to lunch and Ill explain it at lentgh.