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Air line tickets

phantom177
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edited 19 May at 3:50PM in Coronavirus Board
Hi I have 4 airline tickets booked and payed for to malaga spain for 1 week in august I am thinking of advertising them on sparefare .net has anybody had dealings with this company

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  • bagand96
    bagand96 Posts: 6,652 Forumite
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    Firstly, how much did you pay for the flights?

    What are the change fees?

    How much do those flights cost on the airline's website today?
  • phantom177
    phantom177 Posts: 25 Forumite
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    I paid £858.82 for 4
    Name changes cost £50-£55 each
    Total for flights today =£1112.82
  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,934 Forumite
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    It appears to be legitimate but no one is aware of it so the chances of a successful sale may be remote. None of today's or tomorrows departures appears to have sold and there is a clearly a seller in Mexico flooding it with various flights plus some from the UK and Italy. I think you may have to be very lucky to sell but as you won't get anything otherwise, it can't do any harm. The company assesses the selling price then deducts the cost of name changes and it appears they only pay you after the flights have departed, to avoid fraud. Despite being involved in the travel industry for over 30 years I had never heard of it and according to some reviewers that appears to be the biggest problem, one person sought to sell a £300 one way ticket to NY, the site assessed value of £215 but his offer after expenses turned out to be £60!
  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,876 Forumite
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    Name changes cost £50-£55 each
    if it is Easyjet, note that is "per passenger, per flight" so 4 passengers, 8 flights would be £400
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