My travel agent says I need to pay him back some commission?
kingsgirl asked:
Under any circumstances, do I pay my TA?
I have not signed any agreement with him at all, but after receiving a discount from the cruise line (not the TA), he said he thinks they may have discounted me more and I may have to pay back some of the commission. I know that if the cost of my cruise goes down, their commission goes down, but that doesn’t mean I fork out the money for their commission. How do I get around this? I don’t want to piss them off and cancel my booking. What if I just said “I would be more comfortable if you work it out with the cruiseline and not with me”. ?
Just to reply to some of the answers.
Under any circumstances, do I pay my TA?
I have not signed any agreement with him at all, but after receiving a discount from the cruise line (not the TA), he said he thinks they may have discounted me more and I may have to pay back some of the commission. I know that if the cost of my cruise goes down, their commission goes down, but that doesn’t mean I fork out the money for their commission. How do I get around this? I don’t want to piss them off and cancel my booking. What if I just said “I would be more comfortable if you work it out with the cruiseline and not with me”. ?
Just to reply to some of the answers.
I keep track online to see if prices have gone down. When I saw they went down I contacted my TA but he was not available. Anyways, the next day he called and was able to get me the discount (cruise lines won’t talk to you if you bought through a TA). I didn’t undercut my TA, I just found the price went down and HE THANKED ME for staying on top of things since he can’t watch everyone’s plans all the time.
I just don’t want to get screwed.
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