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It used to be that in order to book a flight one would go to your local travel agent. The travel agent would then take down the details of your trip, and would then search their system and offer you certain deals. You would have to take their word for it that this was the best deal and the only way to try and get a better one was to go to another travel agent and ask them to do the same thing. As you can see this was a very time intensive task and information was all controlled by the travel agents. Very often people would take a deal that was not nearly as good as it could have been, just because they did not have the time, or the inclination to go in search of another few agents to compare the price to. This also meant that travel agents were open to abuse the system, as there was no real transparency. Airlines and tour companies could, and would, offer travel agents kickbacks to push their deals to customers. However, things have truly changed now. People are now able to go online and search for, compare and book their own flights and trips. This has literally made travel agents redundant, although a few do still remain. So exactly how do people book flights online, and why would you do it? By using the internet people are able to very quickly (literally a few minutes) compare many flight and hotel options and prices. The best thing to do is to use a travel comparison engine that compares multiple airlines and providers all at once. You can then quickly find out who is the cheapest. Another clever thing is that you can immediately book and pay for the trip, while online. The ticket will then be sent to you via email. All of this can literally take a few minutes. So basically booking a flight online allows you to quickly and easily compare multiple providers and then pay for and receive the ticket via email within minutes.
Marc writes about Mango Airlines as well as other airlines that have SA flights in and around South Africa.
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