Good Airline Deals from USA

[cunpattaya 0]

Just ran across this site for inexpensive airline deals from the US to Bangkok. It may be worthwhile to check it out. www.etixcentral.net I haven't purchased a ticket from them yet but the prices they are quoting are several hundreds of dollars less than Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline....

 

Hope this helps many travelers headed to the LOS.

[LeoTex 29]

I would be very careful here with trying to book a ticket with www.etixcentral.com. When doing a search for a ticket a few flighs come up just like on Orbiz or any of the other legit travel sites on the internet. The first flight will be several hundred $$$ less than what you would normally find. Almost to good to be true. The next several flights are also at good prices. Again all the flights listed are ones from the airlines as they match up exactly as my search with Orbiz with same flight numbers and times of the flight.

 

After going thru and putting in your credit card information you get a message that there is a problem with the transaction and a email will be send within the next 24 hours telling you how else you may pay for the ticket. A few hours later you get the email telling you that there is a problem with their credit card system and the transaction can't be process. The email goes on to say do nothing and don't try to make the purchase again untill they solve problem and they will get back with you soon on how to proceed with the purchase transaction. You would think that they would just ask you for a different card, but no they want a wire transfer of the funds for the ticket???????????

 

Early this moring I get the following email from etixcental;

 

During investigation of the card transaction you've attempted to place,

we cannot get an authorization by the bank for charging the specified

amount. The only option I have is to proceed with an alternate method

of payment, i.e. complete a wire transfer to our bank account.

 

To process the payment, please use the following bank info:

 

Bank name: Postbank

SWIFT: BPBIBGSF

Account number: 1166407815

Beneficiery: Euros LTD

 

Address:

1 Kuzman Shopkarev st.

Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

 

Please, indicate

'Funding H7301etix'

within the wire transfer remark field.

 

All fees are to be covered by our company and the exact amount

to be sent for the airfare is 746.19 USD. Once I have the payment

confirmed by our billing department, I'll issue the tickets immediately.

The ticket will be on hold until you complete the wire transfer and we

receive your payment information. If you have difficulties arranging the

wire transfer, please ask your bank for additional support on how to

complete it or use e-banking.Thanks for understanding and sorry for the

inconvenience!

 

As this is the credit card I use to purchase all my airline tickets to Thailand I contact them to see what the problem is. My credit card company tells me that there isn't a problem with my account and I can charge as many tickets I see fit. I ask them to research and see if etixcentral tried to run a transaction thru and they get back to me and say No. They also tell me that if a charge was run thru for my credit card it would show up as a pending and there wasn't one.

 

I know with using a credit card and you have a problem with a bogus purchase they will investigate and you will be credited for the charge. With sending a wire transaction, once the money is sent your shit out of luck with getting your ticket or a refund. They also have a on line live help chat set up. I did get on line and got the same thing about the problem with their (etixcentral) having a problem with its credit card system and the only way to purchase a ticket would be to send them a wire transfer.

 

I explained during the chat that I just didn't have that kind of money sitting in my bank to purchase a ticket by cash and the only way I could do it was by credit card. I ask when there system would be up and running again. They wouldn't answer my questions and also never said anything about my credit card beging turned down. I told them there wasn't a problem with their system if indeed my card got ran thru and was rejected. After I said that they closed the live chat with me. I guess when I challenged them on the transaction they were finished with me and would move on to the next sucker.

 

I think we have a scam here to scheme people with a illegal sale of a airline ticket that that you will never get.

 

LeoTex

[BigDUSA 71]

Thanks for the "heads up" on this potential rip off.

[Firepole 181]

Sounds like they're trying to see if they can get you to make the wire transfer and then use the credit card info to start charging things from a dummy company other than etixcentral. A double whammy?

 

Since the "travel agency" has all the info I'd call my card company, report the card lost, and have them send me a new one with a differant number. It would save some hassle if they do make several charges. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

A wire transfer to a bank in Bulgaria? Holy crap!

 

All bullshit, I'm sure, but in case you need it the domain is registered as follows(from register.com):

 

Domain Name............ etixcentral.com

Creation Date............ 2005-06-05

Registration Date....... 2005-06-05

Expiry Date............... 2006-06-05

Organisation Name..... Joe Bloggs

Organisation Address. 123 West McMicken

Organisation Address.

Organisation Address. Cincinnati

Organisation Address. 45221

Organisation Address. OH

Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

 

Admin Email..............jbloggs@etixcentral.com

Admin Phone............+1.5135030728

Edited June 8, 2005 by cenctm

[RWB 0]

Just ran adaware and found they put a tracking cookie on me. Does't look good, thanks LeoTex.