Expedia

Hi booked my first ex Eu trip last week for August this year bank statement came today Expedia have only taken £40 from my acoustic for a booking made for 4 people so only taken £10 per person when I phoned tonight to query why only £40and not the full amount had been taken from my account the guy put me on hold then came back and said the booking was confirmed and the airline would take the rest of the money for the booking but could not tell me when this would be .

Is this normal procedure ?

Yes. There will be 2 charges - the Expedia admin fee and then the airline taking payment for the flights.

Thanks any idea how long before airline take the money from my account ?

It's always been within a couple of days for the 3 ex-EUs I booked on Expedia.

Just to say i booked flights last Feb for August last year direct with virgin and they didnt take the money till the day before the flight.... due to poor accounting on my part i didnt realise till i got my statement when i got back thinking they'd been paid for at the time of booking it wasnt a nice surprise.

Best bet is to give virgin a call.

The beauty of booking through Expedia is that Virgin Atlantic bill you directly for the actual tickets. This means you get quadruple miles if paying on VS black Amex, a sizeable sum

Thanks booked mine on 29th December and only Expedia taken £10 per person so far
Not complaing 4 x uc when I booked came out at approx £9700
Ex eu booked was £3800
£961 each
Virgin at the moment want just over £1000 return in economy

This has just happened to me as I've notice my bank account is in a minus figure!! Seems as though Expedia have a reserve of the total amount and now Virgin have charged the flights so effectively twice the amount on my account!