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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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 Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: Change of flight date=on the hook for price of ticket? |
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I've signed with a hagwon starting at the beginning of September. Flights are included in my contract.
The recruiter I've been dealing with tells me that I'm on the hook for the price of a one-way ticket if they have to change the date of my flight.
My passport and application have been sent off the the K Embassy and I'm just waiting for it to come back with my visa in it. Once it's here then I'm ready to go. Hopefully there will be no hiccups.
I've been as prompt as humanely possible getting my things in order to get this visa.
It seems the school wants to go ahead and buy the ticket before I have the visa(possibly good airfare?), and if for some reason there is a delay with the visa and the flight date needs to be changed, then I have to pay 1 million won for a new ticket.
Does this sound legit? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Cheap tickets are often non-refundable and many times changes are NOT allowed.
They buy the ticket once.
You (or something on your end) screws up and since they met their obligation to buy the ticket the changes to accommodate you are at your expense.
You have to remember that you are cheap meat for the grinder and not something special (you aren't a PhD with 20 years of expertise in the field- if you were then they would be a lot more accommodating).
You can try to insist that they wait till you have your actual visa in your passport but their timetable may not be as flexible as you would like.
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Cheap tickets are often non-refundable and many times changes are NOT allowed.
They buy the ticket once.
You (or something on your end) screws up and since they met their obligation to buy the ticket the changes to accommodate you are at your expense.
You have to remember that you are cheap meat for the grinder and not something special (you aren't a PhD with 20 years of expertise in the field- if you were then they would be a lot more accommodating).
You can try to insist that they wait till you have your actual visa in your passport but their timetable may not be as flexible as you would like.
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Oh trust me, I don't need to be reminded that I am expendable. But it's not my fault they waited till the last minute to look for a teacher.
I find it odd that they would risk spending money on a ticket before a visa is even issued.
Like I mentioned in an earlier thread. I have access to extremely cheap flight fares so I don't mind paying my own flight, but I certainly won't reimburse them for a flight they shouldn't have booked. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| But it's not my fault they waited till the last minute to look for a teacher. |
Tell them to get a ticket where you can change the dates. Find out the difference and just pay that.
Even if you cancel a flight, you should be able to transfer it to a new purchase/ticket. I was going to and called an airline company in January about this, they said I wouldn't need to buy a new ticket but I would have to pay the difference as if I bought the ticket that day. So I paid about 900,000 won and if I had wanted to cancel it and get another flight I would have paid about 300,000 more.
Getting a new ticket completely is a worst case scenario with no thinking. Airline industries are competing and they want you to book a flight as soon as they can rope you in. It is to their advantage to offer this service to allow booking changes. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| But it's not my fault they waited till the last minute to look for a teacher. |
Tell them to get a ticket where you can change the dates. Find out the difference and just pay that.
Even if you cancel a flight, you should be able to transfer it to a new purchase/ticket. I was going to and called an airline company in January about this, they said I wouldn't need to buy a new ticket but I would have to pay the difference as if I bought the ticket that day. So I paid about 900,000 won and if I had wanted to cancel it and get another flight I would have paid about 300,000 more.
Getting a new ticket completely is a worst case scenario with no thinking. Airline industries are competing and they want you to book a flight as soon as they can rope you in. It is to their advantage to offer this service to allow booking changes. |
That's true. Not sure why my recruiter seems to think that a cancelled flight equals the total loss of the price of that ticket. It's been my experience that a flight credit is issued, but there is a either a cancellation fee or an extra charge to use the ticket. Actually, now that I think of it, I have a flight credit from a canceled trip to Taiwan that's good till November. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:08 am Post subject: |
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OB,
It really does depend on what kind of ticket they bought.
Some tickets have the option to be credited towards future flights if cancelled.
some refund a small part of the amount.
However, discount tickets typically offer no refund at all. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| However, discount tickets typically offer no refund at all. |
That makes sense, but I have purchased 2 like these. The first one, I booked while drunk and I picked the wrong city. When I saw the mistake sober the next morning I emailed the site that issued the ticket and just said, "Please refund me". They emailed back, "Are you sure, if you change the flight you won't lose money." However, I realized it was a stupid idea to take the flight and just took the hit. They refunded the "agreed" amount.
The second time was as I mentioned earlier this year. I got the cheapest flight, about 900,000 won. Then, I asked them about rescheduling.
I think this "discount" notion is a ploy to get us to pay more to be able to change. So far, I look for the cheapest flight (which means I fly at like 5am and arrive at 10pm with no subway or bus system and must pay the taxi fare to a hotel).
At least it's better than paying another million won  |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Indeed. |
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