What do you mean by the term CHURNING ?
-Jinu Mathew
‘CHURNING’ means Cancelling and rebooking of the same itinerary in the same or different classes of service across one or more PNRs or GDS’s to circumvent or extend ticketing time limits or to try for confirmation in lower RBD.
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Dear All,
Please note that the Immigration Department at Bangkok Suvarnaphumi Airport has implemented new Procedures for Checking Passport at Suvarnaphumi (BKK) Airport-Thailand. This takes effect immediately.
Therefore we recommend the travellers to check in and have their passport checked at least 2 Hrs before flight departure.
Please share this information with your local travel manager asap.
(Info provided by Ms. Sandra Quillaud-Global Account Management Support, CWT FRANCE )
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ABOUT ........ PASSPORT.........
Be Careful at the Indian Airports, This is a well organized conspiracy by
Indian Immigration, Police, Customs and Air India staff with networking at
all the Indian International Airports. Be careful when ever you give your
passport to Immigration/ Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can be
easily tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found easy way of
making money from NRIs. This is the way it works. At the time of the
passenger's departure, if the passenger is not looking at the officer while
he is stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears away one of the
page from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter,
the case is reported on his computer terminal with full details. Now all
over India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag
flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure immigration
officer. They have made their money by doing above. On arrival next time,
he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his
income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by
the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled
because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the
basis of getting justice in India ... Please advises every passenger to be
careful at the airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the
counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, they must be
vigilant, should not remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in
front tries to divert their attention.
Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and important
politicians. Every month 20-30 cases are happening all over India to rob
the NRIs the minute he lands. Similar case has happened with Aramco's
Arifuddin. He was traveling with his family. They had six passports. They
got the visa of America and decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They
reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month and left for
the States. When they reached the States, the page of the American visa on
his wife's passport was missing. At the time of departure from Hyderabad it
was there, the whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On
arrival at Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2
months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the
Courts. On going in to details with him, he found out the following: One
cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian Immigration dept can
play such a nasty game to harass the innocent passengers. All the
passengers traveling to; from India via Bombay and Hyderabad must be aware
of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at each
mentioned airport, of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away
the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of
what had happened. They don't know why, when and who tore away the page
from the middle of the passport. One can imagine the sufferings of such
people at the hands of the immigration, police and the court procedures in
India after that. The number of cases is increasing in the last 2-3 years.
People who are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their
passports are being held and they have to go in interrogation. Obviously,
the conspiracy started about 2 to 3 years ago, now the results are coming.
Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in this conspiracy.
Maureen Cherian (Assistant Manager,Thomas Cook, BLR)
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Be Careful at the Indian Airports, This is a well organized conspiracy by
Indian Immigration, Police, Customs and Air India staff with networking at
all the Indian International Airports. Be careful when ever you give your
passport to Immigration/ Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can be
easily tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found easy way of
making money from NRIs. This is the way it works. At the time of the
passenger's departure, if the passenger is not looking at the officer while
he is stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears away one of the
page from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter,
the case is reported on his computer terminal with full details. Now all
over India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag
flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure immigration
officer. They have made their money by doing above. On arrival next time,
he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his
income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by
the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled
because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the
basis of getting justice in India ... Please advises every passenger to be
careful at the airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the
counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, they must be
vigilant, should not remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in
front tries to divert their attention.
Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and important
politicians. Every month 20-30 cases are happening all over India to rob
the NRIs the minute he lands. Similar case has happened with Aramco's
Arifuddin. He was traveling with his family. They had six passports. They
got the visa of America and decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They
reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month and left for
the States. When they reached the States, the page of the American visa on
his wife's passport was missing. At the time of departure from Hyderabad it
was there, the whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On
arrival at Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2
months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the
Courts. On going in to details with him, he found out the following: One
cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian Immigration dept can
play such a nasty game to harass the innocent passengers. All the
passengers traveling to; from India via Bombay and Hyderabad must be aware
of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at each
mentioned airport, of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away
the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of
what had happened. They don't know why, when and who tore away the page
from the middle of the passport. One can imagine the sufferings of such
people at the hands of the immigration, police and the court procedures in
India after that. The number of cases is increasing in the last 2-3 years.
People who are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their
passports are being held and they have to go in interrogation. Obviously,
the conspiracy started about 2 to 3 years ago, now the results are coming.
Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in this conspiracy.
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Do’s and Do not’s for AI E ticketing (by Ms.Seema Gupta)
1.Available for all Amadeus travel agents from India to AI ET enabled segments i.e LON/ NYC / CHI / LAX / WAS
2.Please ensure the agents insert FOID
3.The HEETTAI page is updated and the TGETD-IN is also updated.
4.Also no space should be inserted when passing first name after slash followed by surname. The correct way to pass the name element is (Johnson/Ben Mr).
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INDIAN AIRLINES
Dear all
With immediate effect all check fares to be issued immediately once PNR is created.
For any PNR still showing HK on Amadeus and issued later or next day may or maynot reflect on IC system, thus creating a last minute hassle.
Strictly adhere to the above to avoid hassles to our corporate clients.
Madhura Garde
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Greetings from Air Deccan!!!!!!!!!!!
It has always been our endeavour to improve and in that direction we are happy to announce that we have launched a
Call Centre helpdesk for Travel Agents exclusively
The helpdesk will be functional
Monday to Saturday between 9am – 6pm
The number remains the same
39008888
dial IVR 6. There will be no prompting voice for this IVR
else passengers will also start calling this extention.
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