Guess who is NOT going to America

[Five]

...yep, guessed right - cant afford it.

Worked it out, would need 2 GRAND (3,000 dollars ish) in pounds for three weeks.

I felt sick.

O well, will start putting something aside for next year.

That's too bad, Fiver. Petroleum costs are skyrocketing too. Gasoline is due to hit $5 a gallon by next week. Ocean cruises are still fairly cheap though. (Oh, the irony!) Jet fuel is SO expensive to begin with anyways.

[OVERIT]

I'm sorry Five. I really am. Flying is outrageous. I know our tickets to England this summer were over $1000 (US) a piece.

Sucks.

Like you said, next year! Start saving those pennies or whatever you guys call them.

[minnie]

Five - there are ways round this as regards flights. I've managed to get a quoted price of £638 to fly to the States in June AND 3 internal flights. You have to put the effort into trying different sites and date/destination/departure combinations, though.

My mate sent me this advice, but I haven't tried it yet as I don't have my dates sorted:

"It's quite complicated, but here you go:
i) Go to http://matrix.itasoftware.com
ii) Choose "multi-leg"
ii) On the first segment complete "From" as
AMS;ARN;ATH;BRU;BUD;CAI;CPH;FRA;HEL;IST;LCA;LIN;LI S;MLA;PAR;TIP;VIE;WAW :: BA+
This is maximum number of cities allowed at once. If you cut and paste this line from the thread, be careful that rogue spaces don't mysteriously appear in the middle of the line somewhere!
For completeness, you may want to do a second search on the rest of the EU and potential EU member states:
BTS;DUB;LJU;LUX;MAD;PRG;TLL;OSL;OTP;RIX;SOF;VNO;ZA G :: BA+
Complete "to" for this segment as:
LON :: BA+ (which will search all London airports)
iii) For the next segment complete from as:
LON :: BA+
Complete "To" as:
YYY :: BA+
YYY is your destination - if you don't know the airport code, look it up.
(iv) For the next segment, complete from as:
YYY :: BA+ (which is the same city you flew into)
and then complete "To" as the same list as you used as "From" above.
iv) Enter rough dates and LON as "sales city" to get GBP prices
This will calculate the fare with a London stopover. You can just avoid the stopover and fly direct from the city on the date you want to fly.I just search for the first flight on a day in evey month of the year to see which is the cheapest originating date.
You then just call the airline concerned to book the flight.
Told you it was complicated. "

[Purrdy]

Originally Posted by Five

...yep, guessed right - cant afford it.

Worked it out, would need 2 GRAND (3,000 dollars ish) in pounds for three weeks.

I felt sick.

O well, will start putting something aside for next year.

Now listen here buddy...LIFE IS SHORT!!!!!

GET A LOAN


GO......!!!!!

[Five]

Originally Posted by minnie

Five - there are ways round this as regards flights. I've managed to get a quoted price of £638 to fly to the States in June AND 3 internal flights. You have to put the effort into trying different sites and date/destination/departure combinations, though.

My mate sent me this advice, but I haven't tried it yet as I don't have my dates sorted:

"It's quite complicated, but here you go:
i) Go to http://matrix.itasoftware.com
ii) Choose "multi-leg"
ii) On the first segment complete "From" as
AMS;ARN;ATH;BRU;BUD;CAI;CPH;FRA;HEL;IST;LCA;LIN;LI S;MLA;PAR;TIP;VIE;WAW :: BA+
This is maximum number of cities allowed at once. If you cut and paste this line from the thread, be careful that rogue spaces don't mysteriously appear in the middle of the line somewhere!
For completeness, you may want to do a second search on the rest of the EU and potential EU member states:
BTS;DUB;LJU;LUX;MAD;PRG;TLL;OSL;OTP;RIX;SOF;VNO;ZA G :: BA+
Complete "to" for this segment as:
LON :: BA+ (which will search all London airports)
iii) For the next segment complete from as:
LON :: BA+
Complete "To" as:
YYY :: BA+
YYY is your destination - if you don't know the airport code, look it up.
(iv) For the next segment, complete from as:
YYY :: BA+ (which is the same city you flew into)
and then complete "To" as the same list as you used as "From" above.
iv) Enter rough dates and LON as "sales city" to get GBP prices
This will calculate the fare with a London stopover. You can just avoid the stopover and fly direct from the city on the date you want to fly.I just search for the first flight on a day in evey month of the year to see which is the cheapest originating date.
You then just call the airline concerned to book the flight.
Told you it was complicated. "

Wow - that is complicated! But no, its a def not an option and we going to france instead (semi yawn). It would just wipe us out - and we have to go for three weeks to make it worth it. Californ-i-a is what we were going to back pack round - and its just too much.

Thanks for the time it took to write this Min, and hope to see you next years. Perhaps we could all have a meet in the UK someday.

[Purrdy]

BLOODY GOOD IDEA...anyone else up for it...you can doss down here!!!!!


and i am not joking either!

[FaeryQueen]

Hey Five

it's your old friend feary. guess what? i will be in London for a short spell this summer. would you take me to an AA meeting for a little brainwashing and coffee?

[Purrdy]

Originally Posted by FaeryQueen

Hey Five

it's your old friend feary. guess what? i will be in London for a short spell this summer. would you take me to an AA meeting for a little brainwashing and coffee?

hey if youre down my way ill take you to an AA meeting....the lst time i met a lday from America at an AA meeting we swapped addies and wrote via e-mail...she nearly choked whn i shared because i use the F word so frequently and the honestly is enough to peel the skin off you......let me know FQ...look forward to it...

[Peter]

Never mind Five, maybe you could come to Jamaica instead.

[Purrdy]

Originally Posted by Peter

Never mind Five, maybe you could come to Jamaica instead.

Peter would you accept another alkie who swears a lot and is totally beligerant?.....

[FaeryQueen]

Hey Purrdy!

Thanks so much for the offer! I am spending a couple of weeks in Slip, Croatia and on my way home I will be in London for a day or so until I hop a flight home....sad-face.

I would LOVE to stay longer.

Where are you in relation to
London?

[Purrdy]

Originally Posted by FaeryQueen

Hey Purrdy!

Thanks so much for the offer! I am spending a couple of weeks in Slip, Croatia and on my way home I will be in London for a day or so until I hop a flight home....sad-face.

I would LOVE to stay longer.

Where are you in relation to
London?

We are about 80 miles from London.....where abouts are you staying? how long will you be in London...

[daddysgirl29]

Hey Five. Takes lots of pics - wherever you go. Peace!

[FaeryQueen]

I am spending one nite on my way to Croatia and one nite on the way back. My travel agent is putting me up somewhere in the city....I don't want to stay at a hotel in the airport....

I hope to explore a little a least.....sleep isn't important....I can sleep on the long flight back to Houston!

[Purrdy]

gaaaaa! god i hate that flight out there i NEVER sleep.....

[FaeryQueen]

ha ha! no kidding. esp in recovery!

No sleeping pills allowed!

Oh well, hopefully I will be exhausted both ways....:andy:

[Purrdy]

i dont care about that! ill take wahtever to get me to sleep but it doesnt work on a plane for some reason..it made me feel a thousand times worse!!!!

[Five]

Yeah, why not.

[Five]

Jamaica, I go there ever time I listen to Bob.

How cheesy.

Not planning going at the moment Pete - maybe one day we will cross paths.

Yah man.

[FaeryQueen]

goody!

I will be there on Jul 15th and 16th then again on Aug 1st and 2nd.

Will stay in touch via SR.

You better not bail out on me mister..or I will make feary dust out of you.

[Five]

its a deal.

[daddysgirl29]

I LOVED Jamaica. Hey, Peter, I DON'T swear a lot (hardly at all, actually) and I'm not belligerent. May I come some day?

[Purrdy]

Originally Posted by daddysgirl29

I LOVED Jamaica. Hey, Peter, I DON'T swear a lot (hardly at all, actually) and I'm not belligerent. May I come some day?

oh daddysgilr you never swear?.....and NEVER beligerant???......are you a recovering alkie? then i dont bleieve you!...tee hee.....

[daddysgirl29]

oh, silly Purrdy.

No, not everyone is/was like you, but thanks for the uplifting words (again.)