They wouldnt give her a stamp she has to go back on Tuesday 16th when visa is valid. stupid assholes...
which leads me to the story of the flight booking....
I used skyscanner to ID the best flight and for a flight leaving on Tuesday it came up with emirates. £570 which a 3 hr stop in Dubai. Lands LHR at 7am.
So I called up and asked what I need to do to book a flight to the UK for my Fiancee who is listed on the Sywards as a family member. Anyway they gave me a price of £573 gave me a booking ref number but because I wasnt travelling she would have to show the physical credit card! So I asked the guy (as a joke) ok what the best and quickest postal service for me to send my credit card after booking the flight...he wasnt so amused
so he explained because of fraud I need to go to an emirates ticket office in person and book the flight, so I asked him if he would cover the costs of this blah blah blah...I was getting pretty annoyed about their rules, because I already had so much to do.
Anyway I agreed I would nip up to BHX (21 mins on a train) so later yesterday I did that - happy to see no queue and gave the ref number and was asked for £991. So in about 4 hours the price had gone up £400.
I was very upset and said I wont pay that much when I was quoted £400 just 4 hours ago. The woman at Emirates ticket desk was pretty crap actually she told me to call the call centre which I did and got through to someone, I explained the issue and he said I cant book a flight for her because the ticket had to be issued in Phils.
Anyway I asked him a simple question so Emirates cannot be used by anyone wishing to bring someone else into the UK for the first time? he couldnt say no but said I was better off talking to KLM if they were easier to deal with. I've flown with emirates 30+ flights over the last 18 months, and I've never had an issue until now.
My phone decided to cut off but the unhelpful girl said there was something happening on the record and essentially in my mind I was think screw it I'll pay (then my other half of brain said NO!) but whatever argument I presented to the call centre he apparently spoke to his manager and they honoured the original price. PHEW.
Sorry for the drawn out story - I had to share it with you just because it was so absurd! I know the price wasnt fixed when I made the booking, but they wouldnt take any form of payment on the phone. So I had to travel 60 miles round trip to make this booking.
They say by paying in person Rina wont be asked for any proof of payment however the damn E-Ticket shows a credit card was used for payment.. I know there is going to be trouble on Tuesday.
Stressful - all worked out in the end...
Sorry for a drawn out story. I hope someone gets something useful from this episode..
Tone
