Highlights
• Amazon launches flight bookings on its app and desktop based platforms
• Flight bookings can only be done for domestic flights currently
• This initiative is a joint one between Cleartrip and Amazon
The e-commerce giant has been successful in selling anything and everything, all thanks to its technological innovation and effortless logistics. They are now launching flight booking services in India. Amazon has partnered with Cleartrip, which is a Mumbai-based online travel and leisure platform in order to expand its offerings to book flight tickets.
Amazon users will find the flights icon on the Amazon mobile app and the Amazon Pay page. The booking will take place on Cleartrip with support from Amazon. The multinational technology company assures a seamless booking process with Amazon pay India by providing transparent pricing, and low cancellation fees. The available carriers will be IndiGo, GoAir, Vistara UK, SpiceJet and others. Amazon also said that the customers who cancel their tickets would only have to pay the airline cancellation penalty. The flight bookings will only be available for domestic flights for now.
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“We are excited to partner with Cleartrip and share their passion of creating best in class travel experiences,” Shariq Plasticwala, Director, Amazon Pay, said in a statement via Livemint. “We’re delighted to add domestic flight bookings enabling customers to do more with their Amazon app and for prime members to get more value from their membership.”
As a part of its launch or introductory offer, which is available to the users until the end of the month, Amazon is offering various cash back offers to its Prime as well as non-Prime members. As per the details available on Amazon India’s FAQ page, while the Prime members would get a cash back of Rs. 800 on ticket costing less than Rs. 8,000, non-Prime members would get a cash back of Rs. 400. On the contrary, a ticket costing between Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 19,999 would fetch a cash back of Rs. 1,200 to Prime members, while it would offer non-Prime members a cash back of Rs 800. Lastly, Prime members who book ticket costing Rs. 20,000 and above can avail a cash back of Rs. 2,000, while the non-Prime members would get Rs. 1,600 under the cash back offer. The cash back would be credited to the user’s Amazon pay account within three days on the transaction of the booking. This booking feature will be available on both mobile and desktop based platforms.
Also, Amazon has recently inked a 5 year deal with the online ticket booking platform BookMyShow to offer movie ticket bookings to its users within its own app. This has further boosted the firm’s effort to be a one-stop shop for all the online consumer transactions in India.
“This partnership increases the acceptance of Amazon Pay and adds a new dimension to how people see the instrument, its utility and usefulness,” said Mahendra Nerurkar, Director, Amazon Pay.
“Amazon Pay is also available as a payment instrument on BookMyShow or Cleartrip, so we leave it up to the customer where they want to pay.”
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