Kule minyaka, ukulibazisa ukuhamba kuye kube yinto eqhubekayo yokufumana amava. Ngokutsho kweWall Street Journal, i-78% kuphela yeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenqwelo zeenkampani zase-US zifikile ngexesha le-2013. Ukuba ezi zibalo ziqhubeka, iziphumo zifakwe kwi-traveler: phantse kwabafundi abane baya kuba nokulibaziseka kohambo kwi-air based airline kulo nyaka.
Ukulibaziseka kokuhamba ngenye yezona ziphazamiso ezinkulu abahambahambayo abajongana nazo zonke iinyawo ezinqumlayo kwisikhumulo sezindiza.
Kodwa ngaba uyazi ukuba unakho ukuhlawulwa ngenxa yokulibaziseka kohambo? Ukhuseleko kwimimiselo yomibini yaseMerika kunye neYurophu ivumela imeko yokuba abahambi bahlawulelwe ngenxa yexesha lokulibazisa. Nangona kunjalo, ngokucwaninga kwakutshanje okugqitywe yiReuters, kuphela iipesenti ezimbini zabahambi bafuna umvuzo ngenxa yokuhamba kwabo ukulibazisa.
Uqinisekisa njani ukuba awukho kwi-98% engakhokhelwa ngokufanelekileyo ngenxa yokulibaziseka kohambo? Nazi iindlela ezine onokuqiniseka ukuba uyanyamekela ukuba uhambo lwenu aluhambi ndawo ngokukhawuleza:
1: Inkonzo yomshuwalense yokuhamba
Mhlawumbi yindlela eyoyiyo yokugcina imali yakho ngenxa yokulibaziseka kokuhamba kukuthenga ipolisi yomshuwalense wokuhamba. Uhambo oluninzi lokukhansela iinjongo ze-inshorensi zokuhamba zinika ithuba lokubambezeleka kokuhamba: ukuba uhambo lwakho lubekwe ukulibaziseka kwizinto eziliqela (kubandakanywa neemeko eziphathekayo eziqhelekileyo), unokuba nelungelo lokuba neendleko zakho zifakwe kwi-maximum maximum policy.
Ukuhlaselwa kule migqaliselo kukushicilelo oluhle. Ngokomzekelo, ezininzi iinkqubo ze-inshorensi zokuhamba zinexesha lokulibaziseka lokuhamba elingaphantsi ungadinga ukufumana ibango livunyiwe. Eli xesha "ixesha lokulibazisa" linokuba lincinci kangangeeyure ezine okanye ngaphezulu kweeyure ezili-12. Ukongezelela, ezinye iiplani zingaphawula kuphela iindleko ezihluphekileyo ngenxa yokulibaziseka kwaye kungekhona ukuhlaziywa ngokubanzi.
Qinisekisa ukuba uyazi ukuba uhambo lokulibazisa uhambo lwakho lubandakanya ntoni ngaphambi kokuba uthenge umgaqo-nkqubo we-inshorensi yokuhamba.
2: Funa umvuzo kwi-airline
Ngokuchasene nentsholongwane eninzi, kukho imigaqo emininzi yemigaqo-nkqubo malunga nokulibaziseka kokuhamba kunye nokukhanselwa kokuhamba. Ngaphandle kokuba ungabandakanyekanga ngokufudukela kwinqwelo-moya ngaphakathi e-United States (khangela inombolo yecandelo lesithathu), kufuneka ukuba i-airline ayinikezele umvuzo wokubambezeleka okanye ukurhoxiswa kweenqwelo. Nangona kunjalo, iinqwelo-moya ezininzi zinokukhetha ukuba zinike iinzuzo ezithile kubahambi abafudukayo, njengokunikela ngamanzi akhululekileyo kunye nokutya. Kwimeko apho inqwelo yendiza ibhalwa phezulu, iinqwelo-moya zifuna iivolontiya ukuba zinike izihlalo zazo zitshintshiselwe kwigumbi lehotele, iifowuni zokuhamba, okanye ukuhlanganiswa koku ngasentla. Ukuba uhambo lwakho lulibazisekile, qiniseka ukuba ubuze ukuba i-airline ikulungele ukukunika nayiphi na indlela yoncedo. Nangona i-airline ayifuni ukuncedisa, banokukhetha ukuba benze njalo ukuze bahlale bexhamle umthengi.
3: Fakela ibango ngamagunya okulawula
Kweemeko ezithile apho abahambi bafuduswa kwaye balibaziseka, iinqwelo-moya ziyakunyanzelekile ukuba zinikeze umvuzo wokubambezeleka kwabahambi. Abahambi abahamba ngeenqwelo-moya ezivela eYurophu banokufumana inkokhelo kwi-airline yabo ukuba i-flight ithoxiswe okanye ibaleke okungenani iiyure ezintathu.
Ngeenqwelo ezivela eUnited States, abagibeli bayakuhlawulwa xa bebanjwe ngokungabandakanyekanga ("bhinqa") kwi-flight oversold, kwaye abanako ukufikelela kwindawo yabo yokuya kwiiyure enye ngexesha lokufika kwabo elihleliweyo. Ukuba uceba ukusebenzisa ezi ntlawulo kumsebenzi wakho, qiniseka ukuba uyazi amalungelo akho kwaye uziqinisekisile esangweni. Ukwamkela ivoke yeenqwelo-moya (njengoko kwimeko engentla) ngokukhawuleza uyonakalisa ukukwazi kwakho ukufumana intlawulo kwi-airline.
4: Sebenzisa isevisi yamabango ukubuyisela imali yakho
Ukuba awukwazi ukufakela ibango lakho lokulibazisa okanye uhambo olukhansekileyo okanye ungaqinisekanga ukuba ungaqala phi, unokufuna ukukhangela uncedo lwabaqeqeshi. IiNkonzo ezinjenge-AirHelp okanye i-Refund.me zinokukunceda ekufakeni izicelo zamabango okulibazisa okanye ukurhoxiswa. Ezi nkonzo ziyakwazi ukuvavanya ityala lakho, ifayile kunye nokulandela izikhalazo, kwaye unokufumana umvuzo onokufumana.
Nangona ezi nkonzo zingenakuxhomekeke kwiimeko zakho, zihlawula intlawulo esekelwe kwimbuyekezo yakho yonke. Kwimeko yeRefund.me, umrhumo wabo ngu-15% wembuyekezo yakho.
Ngokungazi ukuba unelungelo lini na ukuba ubalekele ukuhamba okanye ukhansela lokuhamba, unokukwazi ukuzuza ngenxa yesimo sakho esibi. Ngexesha elizayo xa unamathele kwisikhululo se-moya, zigcine ezi ngcebiso ngqondweni - ziyakwenza ukuba ulinde nzima kakhulu.
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