<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">SGNEWSALTE <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Dec-23 11:54 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>4254.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>SIA still behaving like they are in Spore, trying to take away ppl's livelihood by not paying commission, and kept denying about it.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Agents_threaten_to_boycott_foreign_carriers/articleshow/3882852.cms
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24 Dec 2008, 0118 hrs
MUMBAI: Even as domestic airlines have agreed to pay a 3% commission on ticket sales, although under pressure, to travel agents, most foreign <!--<CARRIERS>--><!--</CARRIERS>-->at a decision. Singapore Airlines, one of the largest foreign carriers operating in India, has claimed that it has regularly paid to agents, a claim that has been contested by travel agents.
“Barring a few, most foreign carriers, including Singapore Airlines, are not paying any transaction fee or commission. We will begin boycotting foreign airlines if they don’t fall in line,” Rajii Rai, president of the Travel Agents’ Association of India, said. When contacted, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said: “We are regularly paying transaction fee to all agents since November.”
Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air France, United, Continental, KLM and Japan Airlines, among other international carriers, stopped paying 5% commission from November, forcing agents to shift to a fixed transaction fee on every ticket purchased.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Agents_threaten_to_boycott_foreign_carriers/articleshow/3882852.cms
<!--<ARTTITLE>-->Agents threaten to boycott foreign carriers<!--</ARTTITLE>-->
24 Dec 2008, 0118 hrs
MUMBAI: Even as domestic airlines have agreed to pay a 3% commission on ticket sales, although under pressure, to travel agents, most foreign <!--<CARRIERS>--><!--</CARRIERS>-->at a decision. Singapore Airlines, one of the largest foreign carriers operating in India, has claimed that it has regularly paid to agents, a claim that has been contested by travel agents.
“Barring a few, most foreign carriers, including Singapore Airlines, are not paying any transaction fee or commission. We will begin boycotting foreign airlines if they don’t fall in line,” Rajii Rai, president of the Travel Agents’ Association of India, said. When contacted, a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said: “We are regularly paying transaction fee to all agents since November.”
Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air France, United, Continental, KLM and Japan Airlines, among other international carriers, stopped paying 5% commission from November, forcing agents to shift to a fixed transaction fee on every ticket purchased.
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