Budgetair keep changing my flight times for holiday this summer

photome

Is this a lesson for the future to always book with the airline.

Like niftydigits, I have had lots of changes to times in the past and indeed for the trip i am taking in 2 weeks time.

I contacted the airline i booked with and changed the stopover airport for a better route than the one they suggested.

i understand this is isnt so easy when booking through a 3rd party though

mooch

Just spoke to budgetair. Apparently, it is the Aer Lingus flight which is no longer running. I told her I can see it on the website, but she said that is out of date and I wouldn't be able to book it if I actually tried.

She offered me a later flight but it still meant a 2hr then 4hr stopover which is better but not ideal. So she says they'll contact Aer Lingus again to see if they can provide a better alternative. I told her that we we didn't mind what route the flight took and we were also flexible on the date, so just have to cross my fingers.

It is a learning experience for me as I've never had flights changed on me before (just lucky I guess). I'll certainly take it into consideration if the price between booking 3rd party and direct isn't significant.

Alan_Bowen

Travel agents at times have access to lower than published fares but at least choose an agent in the UK, trying to get a Dutch discount agent to work hard for you is doubly difficult

mooch

Update: Got the return flight changed to go via Boston instead with stopovers of 2hrs and 1hr 20mins, so happy with that.

Budget air did need a bit of chasing, but they were helpful on the phone. Only got confirmation recently because Aer Lingus didn't want to re-issue the e-tickets until 30 days out.

Thank you all so much for all the help.