MinnieDiva
Obsessive Trip Planner
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- Oct 22, 2008
I HAVE AIRLINE TICKETS!!!!!!!
ok. I feel better. But more on the details tomorrow. I gotta go to bed.
ok. I feel better. But more on the details tomorrow. I gotta go to bed.
MinnieDiva said:So here's a cut and paste from what I just wrote on our meets thread:
if you're looking to splurge on business class, go to American's website asap. I finally booked our flights last night after getting my weekly Kayak fare tracker email. I looked at it, then immediately started looking to see if I could duplicate the fare quoted ($2300-ish, round-trip, from both Seattle or San Francisco). It required us leaving the 13th from SFO instead of the 12th, but I'm good with that. I just looked again to see if the fares are still there, and it appears they are....
So, we're now flying down to San Jose the evening of the 12th, departing at the a** crack of dawn out of San Francisco on the 13th, a layover at JFK, then getting into Barcelona the morning of the 14th. I was able to book this as a multi-city reservation, as when we depart Barcelona and come home, Dad will leave JFK to return to SFO, and we'll head back to SEA.
I had done the preliminary research on my iPad downstairs, and called Sean to see if he was ok with the switch, then called dad. In the time it took for me to come upstairs, dad's separate itinerary couldn't be exactly replicated on the computer. So I was booking his trip on the iPad and ours on the computer, step by step, so that we could do the seats and whatnot all together. I probably looked like a crazy woman between the 2 devices!! So, while I'm sad to not be flying Swiss, the logic of saving half....yes, half....the cost of what business seats have been listed at cannot be ignored. And....as American is partners with Alaska, I'm earning usable miles baby!!!!
So then I started thinking whether I needed to change out pre-stay apartment, and I'm thing at the moment that I'll leave it be. As we fly in to BCN at 0715, it'd be nice to go to our apartment and, if needed, rest a bit. But seeing as how we're going to be up so early to get to SFO, even I may actually fall asleep on the plane...
Woot!! So very excited!
Ok - booked Rome in Limo for both Rome and La Spezia... Sounds like Athens will be manageable. Know that quite a few of you are heading out within the next few weeks - have a wonderful time!
Lol! When the email notification beeped that you posted I was finishing up our costumes for the Halloween party! My packing pile officially began today....10 days from now I will be in WDW!!
I know I'm not on your cruise but I'm still reading your pre-trip report because it keeps me excited!! The thread for our date doesn't have a lot of action. But I have to say that I booked my airfare too!! I'm coming from Minneapolis and because of school (trying not to have my DD miss more than she has to) and a custody schedule I needed very specific flights and dates. So we are flying Swiss Air on the way to BCN through Zurich and on the way home we are flying Lufthansa through Toronto. I'm so glad to have that booked, I can't even tell you!! You'd mentioned Swiss in a previous thread - I've never flown with them before. You like them? (I hope!)
I'll be there in 19 days!!
18 days for me!
MinnieDiva said:LOVED Swiss! Would be using them again if it weren't for saving that HUGE chunk of change...The chocolate after the meal is to die for......
I was at my sister's this weekend and we saw the news about the unrest in Spain, Italy and Greece and she got a little nervous about our cruise. Our cruise isn't the Greece itinerary (only the 7 day) but she's nervous about our other destinations. So I'm glad that you posted this article because I'm going to send it to her right now! While I was there we also caught an episode of Rick Steves in Rome!! I've been there before but she hasn't so I enjoyed pointing out some of the places that we'd see when we are there.
Are those Grand Marnier slushy drinks? Lucky!!
Unfortunately I don't have any good suggestions for your shoe dilemma. I just tend to stick out as an obvious American and I wear my running shoes! My daughter and I went to Paris one time and we were relaxing in a park playing "spot the American" and the shoes were a dead giveaway!
Now I'm off to read your trip report!
Hello! Lurker here and Future Med cruiser (on a different itinerary, however) I haven't read the article you posted yet, but I wanted to mention that I live and work in Athens and that things look on TV much worse than they really are here. Most likely, the worst thing that can happen is a public transportation strike. Even they are pretty predictable, happening whenever important voting is going on in Parliament. In such a situation, cabs are usually readily available. Tourists are loved here, and nearly everyone speaks English at least a little. I wouldn't worry about it. Worry more about the heat! I was actually comfortable August in Orlando.... just sayin'