[fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in Business under $850

[BensAdventures]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

It's strange I had an email response very quickly last week from the page that now says "In testing", and they told me to apply twice for each VISA and off you go. I've emailed them now, we'll see if they respond. I'll even call later, but I'd prefer something in writing.

According to Myanmar Ease Net, launch of the e-visa program is slated for the last week of May. Watch this space. Now I just gotta hope I don't get a cancellation email from Cheapoair, but it's been about a month, so still looking good.

 

[burmans]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

I did say phone (or fax), given their website is offline, there is every chance they may not be e literate as the rest of the world:

+61-2-6273-3811
+61-2-6273-3751
Fax :
+61-2-6273-4357

I am surprised its not on the activity list for Ozfest - Friday PM - camp out at Myanmar/Burma Embassy for visa info.

They are probably somewhat busy, before this all happened I was looking at going to Myanmar and found the embassy very useful and had no trouble contacting this!

 

[skywalkerLAX]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

What do you mean by this? I only occasionally view FT compared with AFF which I read every day. FT seems to be filled with an awful lot of cr*p US-based filler which is very irrelevant to Australians, however I can't deny that because of their huge member base they can't find and share a lot more things than AFF can.

(I also dont really like the lay-out of FT and notice that a lot of users fight and argue with each other which is very different to the pleasant, helpful and collegiate nature of AFF!)

That second line was indeed directed to FT hence me writing 'Here is what I posted earlier today on FT'.

 

[skywalkerLAX]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Which page? The .com page or the .gov page?



Good to know.

Unfortunately, I need three visas, all for use within the space of a month. My understanding is the Embassies won't issue you with more than one single entry visa at a time, hence my interested in utilising a third party website (such as the .com one, above) to get at least one of the visas while I'm travelling. My access to Myanmar Embassies, particularly if they require overnight service, may not be possible.

The .com page is a private service and there is a company involved promising you the visa in 'some' way upon arrival. In how far they will send you documentation that will satisfy the check-in agent for your feeder flight I don't know.

The .gov site I'm familiar with and wrote a few mails back and forth. Essentially they were saying the website is in pilot testing mode and no visas would be granted yet. I criticized that 'pilot testing mode' should maybe not have a function activated that prompts people to submit all private data including a picture. They responded it would be up and running in the first week of May however since I flew already on May 1st I had to get the physical Visa in HKG (which looks like a POS btw but at least it was cheap).

 

[tuppaware]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Please refresh my memory: when was this one booked? A month ago (when this thread was started) or in the last couple of weeks? Had your credit card been charged by cheapo? Did you have an e-ticket number?

A couple of weeks ago. No charges- confirmation but no e-ticket numbers.

 

[skywalkerLAX]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

A couple of weeks ago. No charges- confirmation but no e-ticket numbers.

Without charges or an e-ticket number it is just a reservation, not an actual booking.

 

[Danger]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Exciting development overnight on Flyertalk. Many of those travellers who booked a couple of weeks ago (poor folk who aren't members of AFF and so missed the very kind heads up from brads92 a little over a month ago) have had their tickets reinstated, despite first being cancelled. It seems the US DOT has put their fingers in the pie and the airlines (particularly Korean Air who was the subject of a more recent alleged 'mistake' fare debacle) are responding.

There are also early reports on Flyertalk of travellers who booked the Czech Airlines 'mistake' fare (BKK-AUH-PRG-CDG for $264 in J) getting the same news.

Very interesting.

 

[melaus]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Exciting development overnight on Flyertalk. Many of those travellers who booked a couple of weeks ago (poor folk who aren't members of AFF and so missed the very kind heads up from brads92 a little over a month ago) have had their tickets reinstated, despite first being cancelled. It seems the US DOT has put their fingers in the pie and the airlines (particularly Korean Air who was the subject of a more recent alleged 'mistake' fare debacle) are responding.

There are also early reports on Flyertalk of travellers who booked the Czech Airlines 'mistake' fare (BKK-AUH-PRG-CDG for $264 in J) getting the same news.

Very interesting.

Well, let's hope it's exciting and quells the whingers and whiners who now dominate that thread.
Too much of a 'good thing' when the deal hit with too many not prepared to accept that perhaps it was just that!

 

[Danger]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Returning to the original topic of discussion for this thread, I think I posted above that one of my flights had a schedule change which caused a breach of the minimum connection time (MCT). I had no notification from the online agent but only found out by looking up my booking on an airline's website. When I logged in to the online agent's site and reviewed my booking, it advised of the schedule change and noted I needed to call. That had me a little worried. But after about 15 minutes on hold to the US last night, I have confirmed the schedule change and changed a flight to meet the MCT. There was no mention of any other issues or concerns. I have since received an updated itinerary from the agent.

I think I also may have mentioned previously that I have two legs on EK but neither are on the A380. Naturally, I'd like to get on one of them birds if possible. Reviewing EK's schedule there are A380 flights available. Importantly, these alternate flights do not change any transits to stopovers (nor is there any change of carrier or ports) which makes me think that there should be no issue with changing the flights without triggering a re-price.

What are others' thoughts on this? Does it sound like a fairly routine change? Or is the alternative to wait until I've flown the first sector of the itinerary (which is not EK) and then contact the agent (the downside being there's less than a week between flying the first sector and the first EK sector, meaning availability may not be there)?

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Easy come, easy go. Mine via vayama was cancelled overnight. Would have been fun to fly KE 388 F but I knew I was very optimistic in getting these fares honored.

Easy come, easy go ... and now easy come again! It appears that my cancelled tickets have now been re-instated (no email from the OTA yet). I checked via OTA's My Bookings and can see the booking as now confirmed when this morning it was still cancelled. I have also received new PNRs for both KE and TG legs, and CMT and TG's website confirms the booking under the new PNRs.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Returning to the original topic of discussion for this thread, I think I posted above that one of my flights had a schedule change which caused a breach of the minimum connection time (MCT). I had no notification from the online agent but only found out by looking up my booking on an airline's website. When I logged in to the online agent's site and reviewed my booking, it advised of the schedule change and noted I needed to call. That had me a little worried. But after about 15 minutes on hold to the US last night, I have confirmed the schedule change and changed a flight to meet the MCT. There was no mention of any other issues or concerns. I have since received an updated itinerary from the agent.

I think I also may have mentioned previously that I have two legs on EK but neither are on the A380. Naturally, I'd like to get on one of them birds if possible. Reviewing EK's schedule there are A380 flights available. Importantly, these alternate flights do not change any transits to stopovers (nor is there any change of carrier or ports) which makes me think that there should be no issue with changing the flights without triggering a re-price.

What are others' thoughts on this? Does it sound like a fairly routine change? Or is the alternative to wait until I've flown the first sector of the itinerary (which is not EK) and then contact the agent (the downside being there's less than a week between flying the first sector and the first EK sector, meaning availability may not be there)?

iirc EK uses a different booking class for it's A380 flights for both business and first class. if you have the same fare basis on your ticket to allow you to travel on the a380 then it may be possible to change.

 

[Danger]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

iirc EK uses a different booking class for it's A380 flights for both business and first class. if you have the same fare basis on your ticket to allow you to travel on the a380 then it may be possible to change.

Thanks for that. I got confused! Somehow I thought I was booked in F on the 777 but it's actually A, which is also available on the A380. Therefore, there shouldn't be an issue with changing it. All I have to do is call the online agent and hope they don't raise concerns about the fare paid.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Thanks for that. I got confused! Somehow I thought I was booked in F on the 777 but it's actually A, which is also available on the A380. Therefore, there shouldn't be an issue with changing it. All I have to do is call the online agent and hope they don't raise concerns about the fare paid.

I know it's hard, but I would wait till first leg flown if you could. would seem to be safer in case they decide to investigate the ticket!

 

[Danger]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

I know it's hard, but I would wait till first leg flown if you could. would seem to be safer in case they decide to investigate the ticket!

I agree. My concern, however, is that there's less than a week between commencing the itinerary and the first EK sector. I'm not familiar with EK but I would imagine that even A availability could well be gone by then.

 

[burmans]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Easy come, easy go ... and now easy come again! It appears that my cancelled tickets have now been re-instated (no email from the OTA yet). I checked via OTA's My Bookings and can see the booking as now confirmed when this morning it was still cancelled. I have also received new PNRs for both KE and TG legs, and CMT and TG's website confirms the booking under the new PNRs.

Saw your posting on FT, seems like the US DOT has taken a position which also (inadvertently I'm sure) also helps us here in Australia.

So maybe the idea of an ombudsman to cover travel locally is not such a bad idea if this is an example of outcomes. Of course I suspect an OZ DOT wouldn't have quite the same sway with the airlines!

 

[alieninperth]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Not to self, make sure all future *error* fares make contact with land in the US in future.

Perhaps the Greek Drachma is the next currency flux to look out for

 

[Alanslegal]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Folks, we are back in business!

Email just received from Vayama:

Dear Customer –

Following discussions with our airline partners the decision has been made to reinstate your previously canceled reservation from Rangoon.

In order to take advantage of the reinstatement of the reservation we need your timely response stating that you wish to reinstate your reservation.

By agreeing to reinstate your reservation, you acknowledge your understanding, agreement, and/or authorization of the following:
• The reservation will be reinstated exactly as originally booked.
• The reservation will be reinstated at the original fare charged.
• Ticketing rules and restrictions will be the same as was provided within the canceled booking.
• Trip Insurance, if included within the original booking, will be reinstated and charged the same premium as charged on the original reservation.
• The credit card used for the canceled reservation will be used for payment of the reinstated reservation at the exact fare as that of the canceled reservation.

We request your response to this email, confirming or declining the reinstatement of the reservation and associated charges, no later than Friday May 18, 2012.

Thank you in advance for your prompt response.

Sincerely,
Vayama Customer Relations Team

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Folks, we are back in business!

Email just received from Vayama:

that's great news! congratulations!!

 

[markis10]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Sounds like some awesome trips coming up for those who were brave enough! Congrats all, some of you should get pretty good status and miles as well.

 

[Danger]

Re: [fare gone] Yangon to New York, London etc. R/T in C < $800

Folks, we are back in business!

Back in business . . . or back in First?