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Complex air travel ticket arrangement - Help needed!

Dear forum friends, here's my plight/request in a few words.

I'm looking for a travel agent (online or offline) that can do the following.

Get a family of three to travel out to Mauritius together.
Get one of them to come back early.
Get the two remaining plus a relative to come to the UK on the same flight.
Get the relative back to Mauritius.

Thanks for letting me know who would be able to do that relatively cheaply, preferably online.

Thanks!
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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,917 Forumite
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    edited 18 February 2015 at 10:29PM
    Dear forum friends, here's my plight/request in a few words.

    I'm looking for a travel agent (online or offline) that can do the following.

    Get a family of three to travel out to Mauritius together.
    Get one of them to come back early.
    Get the two remaining plus a relative to come to the UK on the same flight.
    Get the relative back to Mauritius.

    Thanks for letting me know who would be able to do that relatively cheaply, preferably online.

    this is not complex and you should not need an agent, just book direct with the airline
    booking 1 - pax 1 & 2 - return flight flights to MRU
    booking 2 - pax 3, same outbound flight as pax 1 & 2 but earlier return
    booking 3 - pax 4, outbound flight being the same as the return portion of pax 1
    & 2

    If you happen to be tempted by any third party agents you should check out reviews first
    You will see prices advertised cheaper than the airline direct, majority of agents do no use live pricing, you pay your money then you get the call to say they need more as that fare no longer is available...in the end booking through 3rd party may cost you more
  • You could do it all yourself......it doesn't seem THAT complex?

    What are your travel dates and departure airports?

    Try using kayak.

    Failing that try this http://matrix.itasoftware.com and then emailing to a travel agent as you would've done the leg work for them already and all they need to do is input the data as per your email and et voila!

    Try emailing an agent directly, call them up, get their email and email them the itinerary that you get from matrix.

    Good Luck!
  • Fabulous!!! Cheers for your advice.
    :rolleyes: Links are a man's best friends.com
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,752 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Bake Off Boss!
    the issue I see if booking your self on line is that it would have to be seperate bookings...3 of them

    although you could have 3 browsers open

    There is a slim chance that by the time you make the 3rd booking there will be no seats left and or the price will have gone up.

    That would worry me if it was me doing it but I guess others do it all the time
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