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Then I was like hm, it sounds way more like a jason vs. situation. I'm not Jason. This is kind of long. I don't guarantee wittiness. But here goes: Nicole vs. Plane tickets So for the past few weeks I have been telling myself that I need to buy my plane tickets for Spain. Since the government is picking up the tab, they will pay up to $1650 for a round trip fare. Free things = Sweet. Nicole: 1 Plane Tickets: 0 I quickly find out that airlines don't create flights more than 330ish days from now. I need my flight back to be in July 2008. I can't book anything later than May. Denied. Solution? Pick a random flight date then pay the money to change it later or do two one-way flights. REsearch proves that one-ways are up the ass expensive (which makes NO logical sense, but MUST make some sort of business sense. stupid airlines.) so I go with the first option. But I'm annoyed. Nicole: 1 Plane Tickets: 1 Upon reading my handbooks, I find out that the government realized this issue and will reimburse up to $150 for date change fees. Awesome. Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 1 Upon more reading, I find out most companies charge $200 for changing ticket dates. Boo. Subtract the previous point I gave myself. Actually, I'll only subtract 1/4, since the government does pick up 3/4 of the fee. Nicole: 1 3/4 Plane Tickets: 1 I figure I should purchase directly from an airline company so I can find legit date change policies. I whittle my choices down to two airlines and 3 fares. Option 1. A flight on Continental thats around 1200. But stops in Newark, NJ. Thoughts: In price range, but I really want a direct flight. And it's New Jersey...cmon. Option 2. Flights on Iberia. One in the leisure class (which i think is Spaniard English for "special offer"), within my price range, but not refundable and without the ability to change dates. Boo. Scratch this one. Flip to economy class. 1800. I pay more. But completely refundable and changable. Hm. Intriguing. So I spend a good amount of time trying to decide between the Continental and Iberia flights. I feel super guilty about the Iberia one going over the amount since my contract says that I'm supposed to "find the most economical fare possible." But it is in economy class. And I figure I can just not tell them about the Continental flight. And for some reason I have this huge thing against Newark. I tell myself it's ok, so I decide that tonight's the night! I WILL buy tickets. (Besides, my facebook fortune cookie totally says "Stop sitting on the fence." It obviously knows all.) I'll round points up to 2 for getting off my ass and actually deciding something. And quarters of points are annoying. I shouldn't have done that... Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 1 Still with me? I go online, I go to Iberia's website choose my flights. So I go through all the screens, type in my info, pick my seat, sign my life away (or at least like 1800 dollars), etc. It tells me it'll be "just a moment". So after a "moment" it tells me there was an error in the page. Son of a bitch. I examine everything. Things appear to be in check. I press the stupid submit button again. The report back tells me that I already have a transaction in progress. I know it's lying, because it just told me it had an error. Hoebag. Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 2 Startover. I go through the 18 billions screens again. Well, I get to one point and realize I didn't change the "Mr." bubble to a "Ms" before I entered my name. I pressed the back button. Bad idea. It did NOT appreciate that. I decide to tell it I'm a woman, not a man. It tells me I need to startover. Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 3 So I type in all my nice info again, remember to change my title to "Ms" instead of the default "Mr," shake my fist, and press submit. A confirmation number comes back! Hooray! Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 4 So I'm weirded out that I have a flight booked, but I get my confirmation email and I'm pretty content. Until I realize that I had forgotten to choose my seat that last time. When I sign in, it doesn't let me change it. I think about being stuck in the middle between people I don't know for 8 hours. I get angry. That's strike 3. I contemplate hitting "Cancel flight plan," which is about the only thing the website DOES allow me to do. But I just swear to myself, exit, and figure it'll work itself out later. Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 5 So I'm surfing around on the internet when I see an email pop up in my gmail inbox. I like getting email. It's from Iberia. "Dear Client: We have been unable to issue your ticket(s) reserved under locator ------, because the credit card company has denied the charge." I have 48 hours to fix the problem or my plan is cancelled. Nicole: 2 Plane Tickets: 10 (credit card declined=major points) So, I just got the shit kicked out of me. And I have no plane tickets. Do I try to fix the Iberia situation or do I just book Continental since it seems it's just not meant to be? I'm back on the fence. Not sure, I'll leave that to round 2. edit: I tried to check my credit card site to make sure I had enough credit left to charge the continental tickets. The site is down for maintenence 12-6am EST. seriously. i give up on tonight. Post a comment in response: |
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