Thread: myIDTravel -- Like or Don't Like

OK, thanks for those updates. Not convinced at ALL. As Mrs767er said, may take forever to get a refund. If I have the option, I'll stick with paper ZED's until this has a little time to get the kinks worked out.

Originally Posted by Tony757

If I have the option, I'll stick with paper ZED's until this has a little time to get the kinks worked out.

Good luck with that since some airlines (e.g., BA, SK) are requiring eTickets if you want to travel on their flights. Others will be joining that list soon I expect as the cost of processing a paper ticket is getting higher and higher for the carriers and ZED tickets offer very little, if any, return on investment. In fact airlines are probably losing money by continuing to issue/accept paper.

From what I understand, all ZED members have agreed to go Electronic. This means carriers will use Myidtravel or ID90T for non-rev bookings. The deadline was April of 2012 for all carriers to be electronic but I think this was pushed back to accommodate the technology required to provide ezeds. Like anything new, there will be issues, but with time I think this will be great for all airline employees.

I just spoke to a friend of mine who works for KLM. She was telling me that EZEDS going forward will only work for the airline you book on. If you want to change airlines, you will have to go online, cancel your lisiting, refund your tickets, and rebook. I just helped a friend of mine cancel his EZEDS from JFK to CDG on DL. He booked on MyIDTravel, and the process was simple. You cancel the booking first, then you refund the ticket number. We hit refund, he logged into his bank account, and a few minutes later the unused tickets were refunded. I do believe partially used tickets take longer.

90 days.... that is not nice! I must say I will have to make sure I look at that each time I buy an EZED, to ensure I do not have to wait 90 days for a refund!

I bought tickets for the wife a week ago LAX-MNL on Philippine airlines....these were paper tickets...


Dan

Ok, were these zed fare tickets? How much did that cost?

The cost from LAX-MNL-LAX was $307.....Last year it was $276 at the same time....as we live on the east coast, we can fly to LAX and then on to MNL....Not as many plane changes.....


Dan