Benefits of booking a flight online in Nigeria

Posted by Felix Okoli on Monday December 23, 2013 at 15:23:55:

Due to the number of passengers that shuttle around by air daily, both within the country and outside the country, the need for booking flights tickets has turned to a daily necessity. When it comes to buying flight tickets, most Nigerians still prefer making the purchase over the counter in cash and they forget to consider the numerous advantage which online flight booking has over booking offline, over the counter.

Most Travel Airlines prefer Online booking and encourage travelers to use their online services due to a lot of benefits it offers to the two parties involved.

Online flight booking involves buying flight tickets online from the Travel agent’s website portal using the internet. It is more convenient for these Companies to process bookings made via online than the over the counter bookings.

Booking of flight tickets online has its numerous advantages which include the following:

Online Booking of Flights Are Cheaper: In a bid to encourage more Clients and Passengers to start booking their flights online, a lot of Flight booking companies offer discount for bookings done online. Tickets purchased at a regular travel agency may incur an extra "external fee," while some carriers waive the extra fee if you are able to finalize changes online through the airline's website. Besides, online booking saves cost for airline as well as passengers. If more people booked their flights online, they would actually be little or no need little for employing staff for processing manual bookings.

Comfortable and Stress Free Transactions: Online transactions are more comfortable to carry out, because you can do it from the comfort of your home, office or anywhere you find yourself. It is also less stressful, because, you have to visit a banking hall or agency to get the transaction done. Everything takes place online and all that is required is an internet connection.

It is safer: Unlike what most Nigerian think, that online transactions are not safe because of the many reported scam cases that occur online. Since most Nigerians tend to book their flights through agents, chances are that they could get duped for such manual bookings. With online booking however, one would be able to get an online receipt and have a record or bookings made in your name and payments made in your bank. With online payment with your debit card, you'd at least have proof of payment made since the bank would act as a third party witness.

Cancellations and changes can easily be done: Changing or cancelling a ticket is simple when you've booked an Air-Ticket online. In many cases, all you have to do is go directly to the airline's website and log-in with your booking information. From there, you can simply change the flight to a later date, upgrade to a different cabin class or cancel your reservation (This may come at an extra fee). Also, you can also get the last minute booking of the air ticket and get the prompt conformation online.

Eliminates the need for agents:
Most airlines allow customers to book their flights online and directly on their portal and without the need for agents. The scenario allows passengers to save some fee they'd normally pay as a commission to an agent and hence save some funds. With online booking, one can deal directly with the airline that would be providing you with the service.