In Reply to: who to book through (agent vs self) posted by scuzzi on Tuesday, 11. January 2011 at 14:35 Bali Time:
Thanks everyone.. I had trouble trying to book the flights through Garuda though and their prices had increased since I checked last. My wife is a school teacher so we only have a specific window of dates.
When trying to book Garuda it kept telling me the flights or cabin class was booked out (or something similiar). I even emailed then and they just referred me to their onine booking system (which is what I explained i was trying to use in the first instance - LOL)
So to avoid missing out i succumbed to taking the quote from the travel agent (which in the end was only $200 more expensive as Garuda's prices went up from $904 ea to $1102 ea for same flights - not that we could seemingly get them online). It was more import to make sure we were going and booked.
The good news is we are now booked in so I dont need to worry about missing out on dates we wanted to arrange for..
I do appreciate everyone's input though. I might try and see what i find anyway on those sites (as practice for next trip)