Big Step, Hope the Bridge is There.
Mar. 11th, 2005 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnoI made our Airline and Car reservations last night, for our Interaction trip.
We bit the bullet and went for comfort over cost and got the deal that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kproche pointed out.
American Airlines, San Francisco to Glasgow (via Chicago), 1st class on the SFO/CHI leg, Business class on the CHI/GLA leg for a total of $4423 for both tickets. "Merely" twice the cost of economy on any airline.
Far better then Virgin's $4k each for Business or British Airway's $16K each for 1st class.
We figure the comfort, especially on the return trip, will be worth it.
The car was a big surprise. Economy size, with Nav system and *Automatic* transmission, for 2 weeks, only $533.
10 years ago we could NOT get a automatic transmission.
Not surprising we got a call from our Credit Card Fraud division confirming we just spent $5K for a overseas trip.
And the "bridge" of the title. Airfare & Car are non-refundable, and we are *still* wait listed for a timeshare & need to find "filler" hotel nights around the time share week.
We do have our reservation for the Marriott during the con.
We bit the bullet and went for comfort over cost and got the deal that
kproche pointed out.American Airlines, San Francisco to Glasgow (via Chicago), 1st class on the SFO/CHI leg, Business class on the CHI/GLA leg for a total of $4423 for both tickets. "Merely" twice the cost of economy on any airline.
Far better then Virgin's $4k each for Business or British Airway's $16K each for 1st class.
We figure the comfort, especially on the return trip, will be worth it.
The car was a big surprise. Economy size, with Nav system and *Automatic* transmission, for 2 weeks, only $533.
10 years ago we could NOT get a automatic transmission.
Not surprising we got a call from our Credit Card Fraud division confirming we just spent $5K for a overseas trip.
And the "bridge" of the title. Airfare & Car are non-refundable, and we are *still* wait listed for a timeshare & need to find "filler" hotel nights around the time share week.
We do have our reservation for the Marriott during the con.
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We've got space...
Date: 2005-03-11 06:28 pm (UTC)So, we're looking for Edinburg space the 9th - ??, as late as 16th. KNow of anyone going to the Tatoo and has extra space?
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Date: 2005-03-11 06:33 pm (UTC)Re: We've got space...
Date: 2005-03-11 06:43 pm (UTC)We're wait listed for the week startng Aug 22nd.
Where is your time share located? We primarly plan to tourist the western side of Scotland.
Re: We've got space...
Date: 2005-03-11 07:06 pm (UTC)http://www.rci.com/RCIW_index/0,8781,,00.html?resort_id=1848&pageTitle=+Resort&body=RCIW_resortItemBody
Dalfaber Village
Near Aviemore
Inverness-Shire PH22 1ST
SCOTLAND
Phone: 01479-811244
Near the south end of A95 and a little southeast of Inverness. So, not "westside" but if you are going to do a "Loop" you are welcome to stay with us as needed (one night or more).
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Date: 2005-03-11 07:53 pm (UTC)Go J00!
Date: 2005-03-11 11:24 pm (UTC)Good God
Date: 2005-03-11 11:28 pm (UTC)Re: Good God
Date: 2005-03-12 01:06 am (UTC)Admitedly AA & Virgin are not far behind being in the $8-10K range.
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Date: 2005-03-12 01:11 am (UTC)Have a fun trip.
Drink a toast to our 10th wedding anniversary, since we spent our honeymoon there.
If you meet anyone named Torrance, they're surely related to me.
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Date: 2005-03-12 01:38 am (UTC)Anything like being O'Halloran in western Ireland? (As common as Jones there.)
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Date: 2005-03-12 02:22 am (UTC)What cambler said.
Date: 2005-03-12 03:01 am (UTC)Seriously, trip insurance. Do it now. A very small price to pay for peace of mind on a discretionary outlay of this size. Call it your bridge toll, or perhaps your ferry fee in case the bridge washes out.....
Re: Good God
Date: 2005-03-12 06:58 am (UTC)I've done business on VA and BA quite a bit, and I agree, it makes a difference. I did SEA->JFK->Heathrow->Geneva and back, and would have been quite dead otherwise.
On the other hand, I did SEA->SFO->Melbourne in economy because I was able to secure 5 seats across on a 747-400/ER. That's better than business, if you ask me, because you can pop a benadryl and sleep flat.
That was the year I did 130,000 miles :-)