Yes, I know I contradicted one of my basic rules, I booked an airline ticket on an OTA, but in my defense, it was not the travelpagandomenon of Gigi the Paris fraudster, but Booking.com.
I have written in many, many articles why I buy airline tickets, always and only, from the company’s website or through the American Express travel portal, But this time I had weighed the risk and trusted the most well-known online travel agency.
The facts
I bought a Ticket to fly from Rome to Shanghai via Canton round trip in business class. I didn’t choose booking because of the price, but because of the combinations it gave me that I couldn’t reproduce on Amex Travel, while on China Southern’s site I didn’t even try because I didn’t want to get messed up in half-translations.
My itinerary was to leave on April 5 and return on the 10th, only. to be able to fly on…
