India Wonder Fares

india

Does anybody know how the India Wonder Fares ticket works?
This is a ticket through Indian Airlines for 7 days, I was wondering if you can book the flights beforehand or if you have to book the flight when you want to leave. This obviously makes a big difference in case there are a lot of people using this kind of ticket and flights are not available at the day you want to leave. The 7 days will be extended then but I have only got three weeks in India so not much time to hang around airports for, in some cases, two days.

Hope anyone has done this before and can let me know what their experience is.

Thanks!

jarman_ah

India, I don't know anything specific about the Indian Airlines 7-day Wonder Fare, and am really only posting to keep this thread alive, in the hope that somebody who DOES know sees it before it sinks into oblivion.

My experience was with the Jet Airways 15-day pass.This may not operate under the same rules, of course, but it's likely that it does.

When we bought the pass, we had to specify each flight we wanted to take. We did this by telephone, and it took hours, because we'd pick a route and a day, the availability would be checked by the sales staff, and then they'd either say "ok" or "sorry, full, try again". We were told that if we changed any of the dates after that booking session, there would be a penalty to pay.

My bet is that you'll want to tell Indian Airlines your exact itinerary, and then be prepared to be a bit flexible as they alter it for you. I could be quite wrong, however.

Good luck!

india

I put this thread up because there is no indian airlines office in the Netherlands so getting information takes a bit of time.
I now have send an email to Indian Airlines whith these questions and hopefully they will let me know shortly. I hope it works like you have experienced with the 15 day's pass otherwise my schedule might be messed up so I am keeping my fingers crossed !

If I get an answer I will add the information to this thread in case anybody else is interested.

Thanks for your input !

india

The travel ticket for 7 days cost
US Dollars 300 upto 30th Sep 2004.
US Dollors 320 from 1st Oct 2004.

Maybe quite expensive but can be an option if you do not have much time and still want to see as much as you can.

Got the information from Indian Airlines, ->

Travel under the scheme is on confirmed basis only.

To buy the Discover India/India Wonder scheme in your country, and to obtain the Youth Fare discount, please contact any travel agent who can issue you a ticket on Hahn Air documents. Please find attached a list of Hahn Air associates across the world.

NETHERLANDS FLITE REPS Glipperweg 28a NL-2100 AP - Heemstede Tel: (31) 23 5483777 Fax: (31) 23 5483778 E-mail: eric@flitereps.com E-mail: ams@1-europe.org HOOGENDOORN Eric POLAN INTREP / GUIDE Ul. Jana Plawa II, 15, 10th floor PL-00828 Warzsawa Tel: (48) 22 6977310 Fax: (48) 22 6977312 E-mail: intreppoland@wp.pl JUNGIEWICZ Justyna PORTUGAL REACTOR R. Rodrigues Sampaio, 19 - 5D P-1150 -278 Lisboa Tel: (351) 21 3582058 Fax: (351) 21 3582069 E-mail: reactor.lis@mail.pt E-mail: lis@1-europe.org DE JESUS Jorge RUSSIA AVIAREPS - Airline Management Group Sadovaya Chernogryazskaya UL. 13/3 103064 Moscow Tel: (7)-095-9375950 Fax: (7)-095-9375951 E-mail: mow@aviareps.co.ru OBOLGOGIANI Robert SLOVAKIA AVIAREPS - TRAVEL MARKETING Int. Perlova 1 CZ-11001 Praha 1 Tel: (420) 2 21667360 Fax: (420) 2 21667387 E-mail: praguec@attglobal.net FLAMINI, Ernest SPAIN REACTOR s.l. Paseo Pintor Reales 28 - 7D E-28008 Madrid Tel: (34) 91 5470660 Fax 1: (34) 91 5412908 Fax 2: (34) 91 5471919 E-mail: reactor-madrid@mixmail.com E-mail: mad@1-europe.org DE JESUS Jorge SWEDEN GUIDE Kungsgatan, 50, 2nd floor S-10368 Stockholm Tel 1: (46) 8 4113688 Tel 2: (46) 8 4110665 Fax: (46) 8 210211 E-mail: peter.gustafsson@mailbox.eurom ail.se E-mail: sto@1-europe.org GUSTAFSSON Peter SWITZERLAND VOLARE Forchstr. 51 CH-8032 Zürich Tel 1: (41) 1 3898240 Tel 2: (41) 1 3898217 Fax: (41) 1 3898281 E-mail: nixmail@bluewin.ch E-mail: zrh@1-europe.org LUONGO Nick UNITED KINGDOM FLIGHT DIRECTORS Ltd Flighthouse, Fernhill Road GB-Horley, Surrey RH6 9SY Tel 1: (44) 845 3450727 Tel 2: (44) 870 6070767 Fax: (44) 870 2402208 E-mail: jpope@flightdirectors.com E-mail: lon@1-europe.org POPE John Asia HONG KONG & MACAU PacAm Ltd Room 1003, 10/F Tung Ming Building 40, Des Voeux Road Central Tel: (852) 2826 9218 Fax: (852) 2845 9560 E-mailacamltd@netvigator.com CUTHBERTSON Brian Executive Director WONG Benny Sales Manager KOREA PACIFIC AIR AGENCY GROUP 12 th floor Donghwa Bldg. 58-7 Seosomun - Dong Choong Seoul Tel: (82)-2-317 8888 Fax : (82)-2-755 9758 E-mail: jpilpark@unitel.co.kr PARK J.P. Managing Director TAIWAN PA FANG TRAVEL SERVICE CO. LTD 6F, No.124 Chang Chung Road Taipei Tel: (886) 2 8772 1630 Fax: (886) 2 8772 2127 LIN Henry General Manager E -mail: hsujf@ms21.hinet.net HSU Jeff AUSTRALIA AERIUS TRAVEL CO. - PACIFIC LEISURE GROUP Level 2 160 Phillip St. Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: (612) 9221 9988 Fax: (612) 9221 9900 E-mail: adam@aerius.com.au WATSON Adam Managing Director NEW ZEALAND AERIUS TRAVEL CO. - PACIFIC LEISURE GROUP 101 Great South Road Remuera Auckland Tel : (629) 522 5948 Fax: (629) 522 2429 E-mail:adam@aerius.com.au WATSON Adam Managing Director North America CANADA AVIAREPS Airline Management Inc 18 King Street East Suite 902 Toronto, ON M5C IC4 Canada Tel+1) 905 677 4295 Fax: (+1) 905 677 4347 E-mail: Lcolliza@aviareps.com COLLIZA, Luigi AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA HOLIDAY AVIATION (Pty) Ltd 156 Hendrik Verwoed Drive PO Box 4942 Randburg 2125 Tel: (2711) 289 8000 Fax: (2711) 787 1526 E-Mail: m.behan@holidayholdings.co.za Mike Behan Deputy Group Managing Director E-mail: jnb@holidayaviation.co.za UNITED STATES AVIAREPS Airline Management Inc 6355 NW 36th NW Street Suite 602 Virginia Gardens, 33166 Miami, Florida Tel: (+1) 305 492 9048 Fax: (+1) 305 492 9053 E-mail: fteasdale@aviareps.com

lokie

My husband and I bought a 3 week "Discover India" pass for 300.00 USD each. We had to know where we wanted to go but we could to go as many cities as we wanted. We are ending up going to 4 so it worked out in our favor. We saved a bit of money instead of paying for each one individually. It is explained on their web page so take a look at that. Good luck!!

india

Hi Lokie,

How long ago did you do this ? I just checked on http://www.indian-airlines.nic.in/sc...p_schemes.aspx and they give the folowing fares;

US Dollars 630 for 15 days from the date of commencement of journey.
US Dollars 895 for 21 days from the date of commencement of journey

thats almost double the costs

lokie

OOOOOOPSSSSSS

Your right India ... It was 600.00 per person. It still worked out in our favor luckily. I don't know where I got 300.00??????

Thank you for the heads up!

india

hihi, oh well.... I will phone them tomorrow and maybe it is worth doing the discover india one after all. Thanks for your input!

mary

Which airline would be the most reliable -the 15 day deal with the India Airlines or the Jetairways deal which is more expensive.?If your flights a pre booked do you get bumped if you are on this deal?