How I saved 500 bucks?

by Nikhil

Welcome back!

Having been screwed up every day after school, rather in every inch of life( due to nobody else’s fault), this MBA season I thought of keeping an MTech as back up(Kerala Univ’s MTech on TECH MGMT). The written test for this course is scheduled on 14th and as Murphy (same old Murphy’s Law guy) my SIBM GD PI is scheduled on 16th at Pune.

So the only option of attending the first one at Trivandrum and SIBM at Pune was to travel by flight, atleast part of the journey.As any rich lad would do, I opted for Air Deccan. Checked the rates , Rs3000+221(Tax) from Blore to Mumbai(dood, they don’t operate in the Pune sector). When I called them up, they had told me that the rates keep changing depending on the demand(u know that simple eco funda, more demand, more price). I had no choice but to opt for 3221.

But, fortunately or unfortunately, after I filled up the billing information, the website said “Problem with the Credit Card”. Then called up, CITIBANK, they said, no issues with the card. Try again…

Next time , I got to know why I failed in the first try.

The options were , for type of card:

Visa/Master

Visa/Master/Diners

ICICI Credit Card and one more.

After having been felt like a Credit Card fraudster when the transaction was rejected(I chose the first in the earlier try), this time I tried the second option, and alas it worked!

The worth of the ticket was now Rs2500+221. Hey, thats 500 less… So, the demand fluctuates even during a day day. I am thankful to myself that the first try did not work and that I had to call up CITI when it failed. Those few minutes that I spent calling CITI was worth just Rs5/- to me(Tele charges), but I saved Rs500/-.

Should I cancel the tciket(I will loose, 272(ie 10%) and check if the rates have come down…, No, it is back to 3221.

So, this going to be my first air journey. Airbus-A320, I am coming, svalpa wait madi(a small piece of Kannada, that I picked up here !)….