Business class flight consolidator

The easy answer is no.

Business class tickets are never sold at a big discount. What these companiesdo is buy up airline miles and use them to purchase a ticket. However, it's against airline rules to do this. If they find out, your ticket is cancelled and you don't get a refund.

You may sometimes see small discounts through third party vendors but not as big as you're getting.

Licensed in Florida could just mean they have a business license. It doesn't prove anything.

IATA is a private trade organization. It is not a government agency.

Tks Frank
And what about booking through Google site
That price was a little less than directly with airline lufhauser . But still feel more confident directly with airline

And what about booking through Google site

Google does not sell airline tickets, it's merely forwarding you onto a third party OTA or the airline's website. Also note that prices are often shown as "priced from". Very few OTAs legitimately offer fares lower than the airlines offers their own fares.

Unless something has changed recently, Google Flights doesn't sell airline tickets; it just displays prices from various sources. The question is which website it is linking to. I've never bought a business-class ticket and have done no price comparisons on them, but I've sometimes seen minor price differences for coach tickets on code-share flights. I wouldn't object to buying a ticket from a partner airline if it made financial sense, but I'd be careful about the loss of benefits I might have via an airline credit card when buying from that airline's website. The actual flight costs will go up if you suddenly have to pay a checked-bag fee and/or a seat-selection fee.

I always book directly with the airlines.

However, for a trip last spring, the Google Flights price was about $300 lower than the price for the exact same flights on the American Airlines site. So I clicked on "Book with American" under booking options and it led me to the AA website and I was able to purchase directly with AA and saved $300.

If you purchase your airline tickets through anyone other than the airlines themselves, you are putting yourself and your trip in jeopardy. The airlines will not work with you if something goes wrong. You have to work with the third-party outfit you booked with, and I can't imagine having to deal with that.

I personally would never take the risk, and no amount of savings is worth my peace of mind and sanity. My TA that handled our land cruise with Princess last year did all the research for our flights. We flew out of Nashville and back home out of Vancouver. When it came time to book flights, she sent me all the information and I booked it myself. If I had let, he book it and something went wrong the airlines would not work with me but would only work with her since she would have been the one to book the flights.

If you purchase your airline tickets through anyone other than the airlines themselves, you are putting yourself and your trip in jeopardy. The airlines will not work with you if something goes wrong. You have to work with the third-party outfit you booked with, and I can't imagine having to deal with that.

To say your trip is in jeopardy is a bit of an exaggeration. When I travel for work, I have to book through the approved travel agency. If I buy a ticket directly from the airline, I won't get reimbursed. Whenever there has been a problem or need to change in advance, it has always worked out easily (I'm flying economy; no way would my employer put anyone but the C-suite in business class). On the day of travel, I've never had an airline agent send me back to the travel agency to resolve a problem. Maybe I've been lucky, but it's really not that big a deal.

There's a difference between using a reputable travel agency and a consolidator selling "cheap" tickets.

There are some pretty wild exaggerations in this thread.
When I travelled for business, I used (over a period of 30 plus years) a variety of travel services. These services were available to me 24x7 and in cases of emergency, dealt with the airlines far more effectively and quickly than I ever could have done. If/when I had a travel issue/need, I would call and they would immediately attend to my flight problems. In large or small airports, I was able to sort my problems without the need to find my way to ticket counters or to stand in lines. I was never on hold with an airline. While everyone was panicking and trying to figure out what to do , I was getting my flights fixed.
For anyone who has a demanding travel schedule, I would not hesitate to use such a service. The last one I used was Amex where I had an executive account. They were absolutely great. I could not speak more highly of the services I received from them.

I recall one particular time when I was on the phone with my assistant while I was passing my bags through a screening machine. I passed my phone with the call ongoing through and resumed the conversation when I got to the other side. Too funny.
If the comments are being made about the "agents" who offer services from their kitchen table "office" or the rinky dink operations selling cruise line bookings from strip malls, OK, but don't contrast these "services" with true professional travel services. These are apples and bananas.

lbhayes,
I usually make our arrangements myself, even when going on a group tour. However, I have gone to AAA travel services and worked with them when we did tours to Turkey and Egypt. It was nice to have them weed through the options and present to me those tours that fit my parameters. Once I decided, they did all the work. They did a great job for me while I sat back and didn't have to spend any time on the phone,or arranging flights, pre- and post-tour hotels, etc. etc. I also used a travel agent way back in 1980 for a Mexico trip and in the 1990's for a cruise. I was very happy with the service and attention we received from the T/A and from AAA.

As for consolidators, I have heard too many horror stories to consider them. However, I am very comfortable reserving lodging through Booking.com and have always been pleased with their selections and service.