Vietnam Flight Travel - Tiny Tips Make Sense!

March 4, 2010 - PRLog -- Only one company ‘Vietnam Airlines’ serves the domestic flights.  You will have no problems at all with delays or cancellations (although especially the trip from Saigon to Hanoi is said to be prone to cancellations if the flight is not full). Service was always correct. You can change the time of your ticket for free, cancellation costs 10 US$. For some trips it's best to book a few days in advance (f.i. Saigon - Nha Trang can be fully booked)  

Tickets can be booked at their office. You can also book at the local travel agencies but this has some small disadvantages  

- they charge a handling fee of about 20.000 VND
- If you pay with credit card, they'll add 3% commission (unlike Vietnam airlines)  
- If you want a refund of you ticket, you'll loose not only 10 US$ cancellation fee, but also the 5% commission of the travel agent.  

Vietnam Airlines (central booking office)  
- 1 Quang Trung, Hanoi  
- tel. 825 0888, fax. 824 8989  
- website : Vietnam Airlines (timetables)  

Prices (10/2000)  

From Hanoi: to Danang & Hue 1.000.000 VND, Saigon 1.900.000  

From Saigon: to Hue & Danang 1.000.000 VND, to Nha Trang 650.000 VND, to Dalat  450.000 VND, to Hanoi 1.900.000  

From Danang: to Nha Trang 550.000, to Dalat 850.000 VND  

PS: prices for Vietnamese are about 50% of the above stated prices.  

International flights from Saigon: to Pnom Penh 70 $, to Singapore 242 $ with Vietnam Airlines and 287 $ with Singapore Airlines, to Kuala Lumpur 160 $, to Bangkok 170 $    

Visa: Use visa on arrival – get your passport stamped at Vietnam airport for saving time. You will need 2-3 days for normal service and 1 day for urgent service.

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