So the tickets have been bought....but not without a little story. Yes if you know me....I love to tell stories.
So are you familiar with "Priceline.com's Name your own price?". Priceline, as you know from the Captain Kirk commercials, is a site where you can find fairly good deals on airline tickets etc. I have been shopping around for tickets to New Zealand for ummmmm....lets just say a couple of months. My OCD kicked in and every single day for over a month I would peruse (yes I am not over using the word!) the net in search of the best deal.
Well over the course of 6 months the prices were starting to sky rocket (well at time of post gas is $4.50/gallon) and I was seeing the prices from Seattle to Auckland climb and climb. I thought it best to get serious, so with dates on hand I went to "Name your own price."
Name your own price is a place on Priceline where you sort of barter for your ticket. You are saying to them "Hey man, I'm flexible, so what can you do for me...how about this $$" So away I go wheeling and dealing with Priceline. Previously during my search I found out that I could save several hundreds of dollars if I make 2 separate trips. One from Seattle to Los Angeles and the other from LA to New Zealand.
So there I was punching numbers into the computer, hoping to score an awesome deal. Let's see.....Seattle to Auckland, New Zealand....ahhh how about $1250....yes let's see what Priceline has to say about that!
I waited while Priceline was finding me a deal.............
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yes I just bought cheap tickets to New Zealand....suckers! Then I scrolled down the page to look at our itenerary......mmmm.....?????
WHAT???? Stoopid me....I plugged in the wrong codes. I just bought f*cking $2600 tickets for Bob and I to fly from Seattle to Los Angeles....via Salt Lake City no less.
WTF?? If my mother was there with me at that moment I'd dare say there would be no soap left in the house. Bob, the ever so attuned husband, went outside to mow the lawn.
I proceeded to call Priceline, keeping my cool I went through 3 people and almost 2 hours on hold with my cordless phone beeping "low battery" before I finally reached someone who could help me fix my error. Thank you Juane where ever you are.
I got a full refund minus 30 bucks for my fubar and currently have tickets from Los Angeles to Auckland....mmmmmm I wonder what deals I can get for Seattle to LA?
Denise
So are you familiar with "Priceline.com's Name your own price?". Priceline, as you know from the Captain Kirk commercials, is a site where you can find fairly good deals on airline tickets etc. I have been shopping around for tickets to New Zealand for ummmmm....lets just say a couple of months. My OCD kicked in and every single day for over a month I would peruse (yes I am not over using the word!) the net in search of the best deal.
Well over the course of 6 months the prices were starting to sky rocket (well at time of post gas is $4.50/gallon) and I was seeing the prices from Seattle to Auckland climb and climb. I thought it best to get serious, so with dates on hand I went to "Name your own price."
Name your own price is a place on Priceline where you sort of barter for your ticket. You are saying to them "Hey man, I'm flexible, so what can you do for me...how about this $$" So away I go wheeling and dealing with Priceline. Previously during my search I found out that I could save several hundreds of dollars if I make 2 separate trips. One from Seattle to Los Angeles and the other from LA to New Zealand.
So there I was punching numbers into the computer, hoping to score an awesome deal. Let's see.....Seattle to Auckland, New Zealand....ahhh how about $1250....yes let's see what Priceline has to say about that!
I waited while Priceline was finding me a deal.............
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yes I just bought cheap tickets to New Zealand....suckers! Then I scrolled down the page to look at our itenerary......mmmm.....?????
WHAT???? Stoopid me....I plugged in the wrong codes. I just bought f*cking $2600 tickets for Bob and I to fly from Seattle to Los Angeles....via Salt Lake City no less.
WTF?? If my mother was there with me at that moment I'd dare say there would be no soap left in the house. Bob, the ever so attuned husband, went outside to mow the lawn.
I proceeded to call Priceline, keeping my cool I went through 3 people and almost 2 hours on hold with my cordless phone beeping "low battery" before I finally reached someone who could help me fix my error. Thank you Juane where ever you are.
I got a full refund minus 30 bucks for my fubar and currently have tickets from Los Angeles to Auckland....mmmmmm I wonder what deals I can get for Seattle to LA?
Denise
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Yay! :)
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