Mar 23, 2006 01:08 AM
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(Updated Mar 23, 2006 01:27 AM)
Well.......i'm back......back with a bang coz I just knocked over a glass of water lying besides my foot.
If you've read my review on Jet airways, you'd know how much I despise airlines.....especially the ones who've got silly people sittin at their booking counters. So then.....since that experience with the Jet Airways booking babe, if I may call her that, I decided to book my tickets online......and since i'd heard a lot about makemytrip.com (courtsey TOI), I thought i'd try and check it out if it was worth all the hype.
So I wanted to check out my interniary for a flight from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad and back........ firstly I filled out that little box asking me for the specifics and hit ENTER. The next thing that popped up on my computer screen was.....(read it carefully people....it comes back to haunt you later on)
''PLEASE WAIT, THE SITE IS SEARCHING ALL AIRLINES FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE FARES, WE ASSURE YOU THE WAIT WILL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE''
so I did......wait.....hoping it'd be worth my while. No Bill Gates I was.....i believe u've got that forwarded email which says that If Bill dropped a hmm....100$ bill, he wouldnt stop and pick it up, because he would earn more than that in the 4 seconds he just stopped to pick the bill up. Atlast though, the screen which I wanted to see did pop-up. And what do I see, they've got fares starting from 4500 for a ONE WAY trip. I scrolled through the screen again and scratched my chin trying to figure out what the hell was going on, since the last time i'd flown to Hbad and back, I had done it in 4000 bucks.
Then I noticed that they only had the big players in, that is.....only the Jets, Sahara's and the Kingfisher's. The cheaper ones like Air Deccan and Spice Jet werent even shown in the list. So I assumed what we call in Gujju '''paisa khavdavya hashe' Jet, Sahara and Kingfisher e.'' The cheapest fare I noticed was Rs 4500 approx. for a one way trip to Hbad, while Air Deccan would take me to and fro for close to 4200 bucks. I gave the site one more shot, thinking just incase, the site forgot to search the low-cost carriers, but even them I got the same result.
Moreover, if u do compare it with even the official Jet and Sahara sites, you'll notice a rate difference, not much......but still I guess......you can eat 3 more vadapau's if u book at the official Jet/Sahara site.
Something more to ponder about is the fact, that the site does annouce that it will search ALL POSSIBLE AIRLINES, so you would 'prima facie' be inclined to think that 'yeah, the site did search all possible airlines'. This in my opinion, is a clear rip-off where the consumer has to bear a huge 2000 bucks extra for a one way trip while only getting a hot meal thrown in. And hey trust me, no food costing me 2 grand is gonna go down my stomach easily.
One thing is for sure, i've definitely made up my mind never to use these guys again, coz with a lunch/dinner costing me 2 grand, i'd rather get a 130/90-17 rear tyre fitted on my bike
or hey.....Under Section 25 of The Companies Act, 1956, i'd ask the Registrar of companies to change its website address to makemytrip.CON instead of makemytrip.COM
