Hi Travellers

Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline? www.condor.com
When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK, England ,Great Britain etc
in the accepted countries, although the list of countries is very long. I
notice on the home page you can choose: English (Europe) and English
(USA/Canada) so am wondering if UK residents are allowed to book.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks
Mike

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Mike Azzopardi) wrote:

    > *From:* "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]>
    > *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:45 GMT
    >
    > Hi Travellers
    >
    > Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline? www.condor.com
    > When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK, England ,Great Britain
    > etc in the accepted countries, although the list of countries is very
    > long. I notice on the home page you can choose: English (Europe) and
    > English (USA/Canada) so am wondering if UK residents are allowed to
    > book.

The country selection you want is Grossbritannien (Great Britain in
German).

Thanks very much for the tip - It worked fine!

I just made one other error on this booking since this is the first time
I've used a European website instead of UK.
I put my name in as Mike Azzopardi and in the booking it came up as A. Mike
(as I got the form fields backwards - DOH!)
Will this be a problem at check in?

Thanks
Mike



<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > [email protected] (Mike Azzopardi) wrote:
    >> *From:* "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]>
    >> *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:45 GMT
    >> Hi Travellers
    >> Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline? www.condor.com
    >> When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK, England ,Great Britain
    >> etc in the accepted countries, although the list of countries is very
    >> long. I notice on the home page you can choose: English (Europe) and
    >> English (USA/Canada) so am wondering if UK residents are allowed to
    >> book.
    > The country selection you want is Grossbritannien (Great Britain in
    > German).

"Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > Thanks very much for the tip - It worked fine!
    >
    > I just made one other error on this booking since this is the first
    > time I've used a European website instead of UK.
    > I put my name in as Mike Azzopardi and in the booking it came up as A.
    > Mike (as I got the form fields backwards - DOH!)
    > Will this be a problem at check in?
    >
    > Thanks
    > Mike
    >
    >
    >
    > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> In article <[email protected]>,
    >> [email protected] (Mike Azzopardi) wrote:
    >>> *From:* "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]>
    >>> *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:45 GMT
    >>> Hi Travellers
    >>> Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline?
    >>> www.condor.com When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK,
    >>> England ,Great Britain etc in the accepted countries, although the
    >>> list of countries is very long. I notice on the home page you can
    >>> choose: English (Europe) and English (USA/Canada) so am wondering if
    >>> UK residents are allowed to book.
    >> The country selection you want is Grossbritannien (Great Britain in
    >> German).
    >
    >
    >

Call immediately it has often been a huge problem for airlines (they
don't like to think backwards!)

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

In article <[email protected] 6>,
[email protected] (Joseph Coulter) wrote:

    > *From:* Joseph Coulter <[email protected]>
    > *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:53:30 -0500
    >
    > "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]> wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    > > Thanks very much for the tip - It worked fine!
    > >
    > > I just made one other error on this booking since this is the first
    > > time I've used a European website instead of UK.
    > > I put my name in as Mike Azzopardi and in the booking it came up as A.
    > > Mike (as I got the form fields backwards - DOH!)
    > > Will this be a problem at check in?
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > > Mike
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > >> In article <[email protected]>,
    > >> [email protected] (Mike Azzopardi) wrote:
    > >>
    > >>> *From:* "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]>
    > >>> *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:45 GMT
    > >>>
    > >>> Hi Travellers
    > >>>
    > >>> Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline?
    > >>> www.condor.com When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK,
    > >>> England ,Great Britain etc in the accepted countries, although the
    > >>> list of countries is very long. I notice on the home page you can
    > >>> choose: English (Europe) and English (USA/Canada) so am wondering if
    > >>> UK residents are allowed to book.
    > >>
    > >> The country selection you want is Grossbritannien (Great Britain in
    > >> German).
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Call immediately it has often been a huge problem for airlines (they
    > don't like to think backwards!)

It happens to me fairly often because my forename (Barnaby) is an uncommon
one which some people take to be a surname, while my surname can also
(albeit rarely) be a forename. It's never caused a problem once I explain
the issue /but/ I don't think you can go wrong following Joseph's advice.

[email protected] wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > In article <[email protected] 6>,
    > [email protected] (Joseph Coulter) wrote:
    >
    >> *From:* Joseph Coulter <[email protected]>
    >> *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:53:30 -0500
    >>
    >> "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]> wrote in
    >> news:[email protected]:
    >>
    >> > Thanks very much for the tip - It worked fine!
    >> >
    >> > I just made one other error on this booking since this is the first
    >> > time I've used a European website instead of UK.
    >> > I put my name in as Mike Azzopardi and in the booking it came up as
    >> > A. Mike (as I got the form fields backwards - DOH!)
    >> > Will this be a problem at check in?
    >> >
    >> > Thanks
    >> > Mike
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> > news:[email protected]...
    >> >> In article <[email protected]>,
    >> >> [email protected] (Mike Azzopardi) wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >>> *From:* "Mike Azzopardi" <[email protected]>
    >> >>> *Date:* Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:45 GMT
    >> >>>
    >> >>> Hi Travellers
    >> >>>
    >> >>> Has anyone in the UK booked a flight with this airline?
    >> >>> www.condor.com When I try to make payment, it doesn't list UK,
    >> >>> England ,Great Britain etc in the accepted countries, although
    >> >>> the list of countries is very long. I notice on the home page you
    >> >>> can choose: English (Europe) and English (USA/Canada) so am
    >> >>> wondering if UK residents are allowed to book.
    >> >>
    >> >> The country selection you want is Grossbritannien (Great Britain
    >> >> in German).
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >>
    >> Call immediately it has often been a huge problem for airlines (they
    >> don't like to think backwards!)
    >
    > It happens to me fairly often because my forename (Barnaby) is an
    > uncommon one which some people take to be a surname, while my surname
    > can also (albeit rarely) be a forename. It's never caused a problem
    > once I explain the issue /but/ I don't think you can go wrong
    > following Joseph's advice.
    >
    >

Your example (and most likely Mike's) are examples where the airline
will likely put a note in the record but they can be very picky about
spelling and other "obvious" errors, the most common mistakes in
ticketing that the airlines a long time ago perfected into cash cows.

--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/