Why booking an airline ticket through an ANVR travel company is wise
This article was published on Aug. 25, 2022 by the ANVR.
You can buy airline tickets on websites of online ticket providers as well as in e.g. travel stores. Compared to booking directly with the airline, you get a little extra, especially if the website, travel store, independent travel agent or tour operator is a member of the ANVR. So pay close attention to that. We list the arguments for booking an airline ticket through an ANVR travel agency.
1. Choice
An ANVR flight ticket provider is independent, offers all airlines, compares and also tells you that one airline for your destination is much wiser/cheaper/faster than another. Airlines really aren't going to tell you that on their website. An ANVR flight ticket provider can also offer combinations of airlines. After all, by no means all destinations can be reached directly. Based on your itinerary, an ANVR airline may recommend a different airline for the outward flight than for the return flight. Airlines will not point that out to you either. ANVR airline ticket providers do and have highly intelligent search algorithms to do so, so they can find the best fares and fare combinations for you.
2. More than just the flight
Through an ANVR flight ticket provider you can often additionally arrange a hotel and/or rental car etc. You then book your entire trip at once, and not just a flight. In addition, an ANVR airline ticket provider offers a relevant range of additional services such as travel and cancellation insurance.
3. Special rates
ANVR airline ticket providers sell millions of tickets often in other countries as well. They negotiate with airline headquarters and thus run regular promotions where they agree with an airline that they may offer special promotional prices/conditions for certain periods or destinations not offered by the airline itself.
4. Convenience
Booking with a Dutch ANVR flight ticket provider is convenient. Apart from some Dutch airlines, with other airlines you almost always have to book and pay in a foreign language, with the risk of mistakes in the booking that may invalidate your ticket. With ANVR airline ticket providers, you can simply pay with iDeal. This is not possible with most foreign airlines.
5. Help when things go wrong
An ANVR flight ticket provider has many contacts with airlines and knows better than anyone how a customer should get his money back in case of change/cancellation. For Dutch airlines this does not seem so difficult but with an airline from Asia, Africa or South America it is quite complicated.
6. ANVR: so extra security
ANVR airline ticket providers really exist (not a fake website). You can go to the Travel Disputes Committee for complaints, and they have verified liability insurance. For package tour sales, they are affiliated with a guarantee fund. ANVR checks all this. For your security and peace of mind. So look out for the ANVR logo.
Source: ANVR. Why booking an airline ticket through an ANVR travel company is wise.
