Flight Booking - MS In Canada
Now that you have secured admission at a Canadian university, and you have taken care of all your post-admission requirements, you are all set to fly to Canada! Flight booking is the next step, and for some of you, this might be your very first air travel. This article will guide you on how to go about flight booking for Canada. Booking your flight ticket online is very easy. Here is what you need to do.
Flight Booking - MS in Canada
Now that you have secured admission at a Canadian university, and you have taken care of all your post-admission requirements, you are all set to fly to Canada! Flight booking is the next step, and for some of you, this might be your very first air travel. This article will guide you on how to go about flight booking for Canada. Booking your flight ticket online is very easy. Here is what you need to do.
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Typical fare: Rs. 55,000 - 85,000
Before You Start
- Decide when you will be leaving for Canada. Ideally, you would want to arrive in Canada a week/10 days before your orientation/classes begin. Choose any day between Monday - Friday; your flight fares would be cheaper. Wednesdays are usually the cheapest day for flight booking.
- Browse online, ask around or join public forums and get information on the best available deals which allow students to travel with the maximum baggage allowance.
- Air India Maharaja Scholars Offer allows an extra check-in bag (23 kg) for students travelling to Canada. This is applicable for any flights to the whole of Canada. Confirm with the Air India portal for more details.
- Ensure your bank account has enough cash for online payment.
- After flight booking, check with your institution for any airport pickup assistance. Ask if this service can be provided on the date, time of your arrival to Canada.
Required Documents
- Passport
- Credit card/Debit card/Internet banking
Step by step guide
- Step I: Assuming you haven’t got any good deal, go to this website - Kayak. Enter the cities you will be travelling between. Select all the options mentioned below. Under the Flexible? option, select Exact dates as ± 3days.
- Step II: Now, all the available dates & flights will be displayed, where the cheapest fares will be shown in green.
- Step III: Click on View Deal for the details shown with the tag ‘Cheapest’. This might then redirect you to another website (might not be the same as shown).
- Step IV: If multiple trips are displayed, choose the option adjusting to your preference. If not, continue with entering the passenger details.
- Step VI: Verify the passenger details entered for your booking and go ahead with the payment procedures.
- Step VII: Once you finish all procedures, you will receive a confirmation in your email, which will contain the payment & flight booking details. You will also have the e-ticket in the email.
- Step VIII: You will be given a booking PIN/reference number. (link will be provided in the mail you receive). You can reschedule/cancel the ticket online(if needed).
Useful Tips
- Book your flight tickets as early as possible. The fares will be much more reasonable.
- You can use the student offer for flight bookings only once; so pack accordingly.
- If you think that there might be any chance of rescheduling/cancelling the tickets, it is best to do your flight booking directly on the airline's website, rather than through a third party website. You might face problems with the third party sites when you have to deal with such circumstances.
- Searching for tickets using the incognito mode will get you the lowest, awesome prices! Depending on the cookies in your web browser, the flight prices change if a particular flight route is extensively browsed. This is a useful tip for your flight booking.
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