I have been checking airfares for weeks, if not months, hoping for a good arrangement for Mom's and my trip this summer.
We wanted to fly into one city and return from another, which the airlines don't like. The open jaw (that's what they call it - ewww) was causing problems, but also we were only going to get great fares if we arrived in San Jose or Oakland at 1:30 a.m. I'd already booked a nice San Francisco hotel on priceline, and the trains (BART or CalTrain) don't run that late. But I also did not want to leave Charlotte too early, because I have a class that day that I don't want to miss too much of.
Voila! Tonight it was there. It is just about checking all the sites, all the freaking time.
We leave Charlotte after 4 pm, so I won't piss off the professor. We arrive in San Jose at 9 pm, which means CalTrain to the hotel. We do our thing in SF and take the Coast Starlight to Seattle (already booked), and fly out of there at 6 am which means we get home while it's still daylight.
Airfare $303, a steal for a cross-country multi-city trip.
So there.
Yes, I will be your travel agent
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Ritterskoop
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Yes, I will be your travel agent
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KillerTomato
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Re: Yes, I will be your travel agent
Ritterskoop wrote:I have been checking airfares for weeks, if not months, hoping for a good arrangement for Mom's and my trip this summer.
We wanted to fly into one city and return from another, which the airlines don't like. The open jaw (that's what they call it - ewww) was causing problems, but also we were only going to get great fares if we arrived in San Jose or Oakland at 1:30 a.m. I'd already booked a nice San Francisco hotel on priceline, and the trains (BART or CalTrain) don't run that late. But I also did not want to leave Charlotte too early, because I have a class that day that I don't want to miss too much of.
Voila! Tonight it was there. It is just about checking all the sites, all the freaking time.
We leave Charlotte after 4 pm, so I won't piss off the professor. We arrive in San Jose at 9 pm, which means CalTrain to the hotel. We do our thing in SF and take the Coast Starlight to Seattle (already booked), and fly out of there at 6 am which means we get home while it's still daylight.
Airfare $303, a steal for a cross-country multi-city trip.
So there.
I found out yesterday that I have to attend a meeting in Richmond in 10 days or so, so I called our corporate travel dept. to book my travel. Naturally, since UselessAirways stopped believing that Pittsburgh existed, there are very very very few nonstops (I think 2 are left), and none at the times I was available to fly, so Travel started off checking flying US through Charlotte. Airfare (with 10-day notice) was about $900. Then they checked Continental, through Cleveland: $180. And USAirways wonders why they're struggling....
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KillerTomato
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And I heard just this second on our local morning news that UselessAirways is now in merger talks with United.
AND, they're going to start charging passengers who want a window or an aisle seat in the first couple of rows of coach an extra $5/ticket. The bastiges.
AND, they're going to start charging passengers who want a window or an aisle seat in the first couple of rows of coach an extra $5/ticket. The bastiges.
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, eat a crust while the infamous sit at banquets.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
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KillerTomato
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Hey, Mike, I love the cruise countdown ticker you've got...
If I had one, it would say (as of 6:22 AM on 4/17/08 ) I was cruising in just 15 days....
If I had one, it would say (as of 6:22 AM on 4/17/08 ) I was cruising in just 15 days....
There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a rag, and rascality a robe; when the loving, the tender, eat a crust while the infamous sit at banquets.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
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peacock2121
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Re: Yes, I will be your travel agent
Made me laugh.Ritterskoop wrote:I have been checking airfares for weeks, if not months, hoping for a good arrangement for Mom's and my trip this summer.
We wanted to fly into one city and return from another, which the airlines don't like. The open jaw (that's what they call it - ewww) was causing problems, but also we were only going to get great fares if we arrived in San Jose or Oakland at 1:30 a.m. I'd already booked a nice San Francisco hotel on priceline, and the trains (BART or CalTrain) don't run that late. But I also did not want to leave Charlotte too early, because I have a class that day that I don't want to miss too much of.
Voila! Tonight it was there. It is just about checking all the sites, all the freaking time.
We leave Charlotte after 4 pm, so I won't piss off the professor. We arrive in San Jose at 9 pm, which means CalTrain to the hotel. We do our thing in SF and take the Coast Starlight to Seattle (already booked), and fly out of there at 6 am which means we get home while it's still daylight.
Airfare $303, a steal for a cross-country multi-city trip.
So there.
Good for you - I like a gal who perseveres.
A guy to.
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MarleysGh0st
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MarleysGh0st
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I'm pretty happy about that. US Air provides most of our service here in Ithaca (we also have Northwestern, now, if you're interested in flying to Detroit) and I've been worried about them being left out of the major routes if the other airlines are all merging.KillerTomato wrote:And I heard just this second on our local morning news that UselessAirways is now in merger talks with United.
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Rexer25
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Skoop, can you work on a flight for 4, leaving DFW, arriving Newcastle-Upon-Tine, mid to late July next year? Mrs. Rexer's parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary next year, and I have been informed, many times with much emphasis, that we are going to be there.
No hurry, just when you get a chance to look at the options.
No hurry, just when you get a chance to look at the options.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
That'll be $10, please.
That'll be $10, please.
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macrae1234
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Rexer
Start checking
http://www.europebyair.com/efp/europe-travel.jsp
A travelocity type site for Europe
Start checking
http://www.europebyair.com/efp/europe-travel.jsp
A travelocity type site for Europe
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