once you actually start flying.

and they dont necessarily mean what you might think. they might mean that if you were to sit in a KLM flight with a PIA air hostess you might find that behind the dour exterior that gives you a sneering look if you ask for a refill there lies a great conversationalist.

just kidding. i love PIA.

PIA publicised its online booking system on a very large scale but unfortunately it hasnt turned out as expected and it is more of a embarrassmen than highlight for PIA.

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PNR # KRLORP
Flight Number 758
Aircraft Boeing 747-300
Origin London, UK
Destination Lahore, PAKISTAN
Departure Date Saturday, September 25, 2004
Departure Time 17:05
Passenger Name(s) HAMEED/S M
Seat(s) Reserved 27,L



I have booked it, and it has given me the ref number, though I was just checking with fake details. it will be void before 6 hours of flight.

wonder why these are issued so easily, i child can just book and book and block all the bookings.



I would say its more than easy, aprt from still being online and charging offline. doesnt make sense but I didnt get any server errors

^ well done, do they actually take notice of the bookings made through their online reservation system, how silly is that it allows you to book and cancel seat reservations without payment? good thing is that the system is very user friendly, especially for novice users

You should watch their advert, they call it:

'' our top of the line reservation system''

BTW their site is currently down , so can't check the availability of any seats at the moment.

^ those pranksters!...haha, always willing to offer a laugh.

Originally posted by Shak killS:
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wonder why these are issued so easily, i child can just book and book and block all the bookings.

The system's back up with a calender facility thats working! ur right anyone can block all bookings which is a real downfall of the system (this could be improved by taking online payment to confirm the booking)

Are you sure they don't cancel unless you pay within eg. 48 hrs of booking? It should charge you as soon as you book, but in any case should not leave a booking on unless paid for within 24 - 48 hrs of booking. Heck PIA could end up with a whole load of empty flights.
Once at a travel exhibition (in London I think) either BA or AF were demonstrating on-line booking on Concorde. Unfortunately they did not distinguish between the demonstration bookings from the exhibition and actual fare paying bookings. I leave the rest to your imagination.

^ Once you have booked online, all the expect u to do is to make a payment for the booking at a nearest PIA booking office and this has to be done 6 hours before the flight is due.

I made a test booking, but mailed them later to cancel it and they cancelled it straight away! they could do with a booking cancellation form !

ur right PIA could end up with a whole load of empty flights if they dont take payment within atleast 48hours of booking! It's pathetic.

^ surprisingly they somehow manage to have just the right number of passengers - even with this flaw. i guess not enough pakistanis are the www to screw em over

Originally Posted by coolmunda

^ well done, do they actually take notice of the bookings made through their online reservation system, how silly is that it allows you to book and cancel seat reservations without payment? good thing is that the system is very user friendly, especially for novice users

You should watch their advert, they call it:

'' our top of the line reservation system''

its a common practice with all the western airlines...they hold the seat for 24 hours and autonmaticallly cancel if not ticketed...i think its great convenience. may be not so good in Pak/india where ppl have plenty of time to kill making fake reservations.

lol... same happened to me a over a week back, then i ended up flying with Thai Airways,
which required me to make payment within 24 hours, i think every airline gives you MAX 48 hours to make payaments, and a credit card is must while making resevations. ofcourse, except PIA.....

Why do you blame an airline website, i checked pakistan universities' websites, that claim to be the top Uni's in PK, and i believe that too but last updates were made in 2007 the latest and 2004 on some! You see even educational organization is so ignorant about thier websites, not to mention an airline. and there's much much more in pakistan to surprize you