A small and common but quite useful information for those who are preparing for landing and booking AIR TICKETS.
Kindly note that if you are booking air tickets with some stopover/connecting flights then make sure you do it everything under ONE PNR.
For e.g.,
There is no direct flight from Jaipur/Udaipur to Toronto. So we probably book it via Mumbai/Delhi.
Jaipur -> Delhi -> London/Dubai/anyeurope stop -> Toronto
The Domestic leg of Jaipur -> Delhi, we generally tend to book it differently seeing a good amount of Reduced Air Fares. But this will actually lead you to a big trouble. BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE.
Domestic flights will allow you strictly not more than 15kg Check-in and 7kb cabin bags. While Internation flights (Delhi-toronto) will allow you upto 23+23kg Check-in and 7kg Cabin. So you will probably land up paying for extra baggage for as high as 300Rs/kg + service tax.
This is only a problem when you book DOMESTIC and INTERNATIONAL flights DIFFERENTLY or under DIFFERENT PNR. If you have booked under ONE PNR you WILL NOT have any problem even in domestic. Your baggage allowance will be upgraded to the highest.
So do note that if you r making bookings through an Agent or self, make sure you book it from Jaipur -> Toronto (select from Jaipur -> toronto in your itinerary page) this will make your whole itinerary under one booking.
I have faced similar situation with Yatra.com even though I have booked via phone and now those idiots are not ready to accept their fault. Its their agents duty to inform us about such scenarios as we might over look or not be aware about the actual case. Even the call agent wasnt aware about this. It was only when I called Domestic airline guys, they said that your agent should have told you prior booking.
My booking is under two PNR, one for DOMESTIC and another for International. And this will now create a problem of baggage allowance. The cancellation fee is also much much higher $150/person.
So think twice before you book and confirm 2-3 times about the details before you make payments.. Do ask your agents twice whether he is doing under one PNR or different ones.
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