Watersports Posted July 11, 2004 #1 Share Posted July 11, 2004 :mad: I am angry at Economytravel.com. I was booking a flight from Chicago to Barcelona and then Miami to Chicago, The information shown on the screen was correct. When I went and paid, it only gave me a confirmation for the Chicago to Barcelona leg. Nothing mentioned of the Mimai to Chicago. And when I tried to call them, they were closed last night. Now they are closed till Monday. With all of your experience out there. When I call them monday, do you all think that I will be stuck with these tickets (one way to Barcelona for $490.75 per person.). With the miami to chicago I think that was a decent price. But not without the other flight. Thanks all in advance, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted July 11, 2004 #2 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I believe economytravel.com only books international fares. They are consolidators for a lot of foreign carriers. I am not sure they have the capacity to book a domestic ticket. Hopefully, booking an open jaw international gets around that restriction. Let us know how this works out. PS-lots of times it's cheaper to book US/London on a US flagged carrier and then fly a European airline to wherever you want to go in Europe. May not be quite as convenient if you have a lot of checked luggage, but you must use the time/money equation. For $25.00, I can usually get luggage hauled all over Heathrow to make a connecting flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watersports Posted July 11, 2004 Author #3 Share Posted July 11, 2004 What is an open jaw? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted July 12, 2004 #4 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Open jaw is where you leave from one place (in your example-Chicago) and return to your origin from another place (Miami to Chicago). I do lots of open jaws for cruises and for business. Right now, I am booking an open jaw from LA to Santiago, Chile, with return to LA from Lima, Peru. I will make my own arrangements how to get from Santiago to Lima. Usually cheaper and I love the challenge of coming up with great airfares. I own the business, so it really is my dime. Let me know how you come out with Economytravel.com. We have used them three times before, but only on USA/Europe business class tickets. They were great for those, but open jaws and domestic tickets is not their expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watersports Posted July 12, 2004 Author #5 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Thanks for the info Greatam. I am in the same boat as you, as far as trying to find the good fares and connections between various cities. I own my own company to, so it's my dime too. As far as economytravel.com, I was lying in bed this moning, screening my calls and economytravel was on the phone. I picked up and she was telling me they couldn't book the ticket until I sent them a fax back and a copy of my charge card. I proceeded to tell the woman of the mix up on the computer. Greatam, as you were right, they only do international. So, I was able just to cancel the flight request. I then found on flights.com a Lufthansa flight from ord to munich and then onto Barcelona for $349/pp (a hell of a lot better than $491 from economytravel.com). I am now looking for a good fare from Miami to Chicago, but I am not worried about that one. Let me as you this, have you ever purchased a round trip ticket and only used the first leg? They don't recharge you for turning it into a one-way do they? Now onto travel insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted July 12, 2004 #6 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yes, I book some round trips and only use one leg. Cheapest way to a lot of places. MUST use the outbound leg or the airlines will cancel the entire intinerary. DO NOT make this a habit with an airline you have FF miles on. They will back bill you or charge your FF account. Use some airline you won't fly often. I am an AA EXP (over 100,000 miles per year), so would never do it with AA. But JetBlue, Southwest, Airtran, you betcha. I only use those airlines when their fare is cheap or I am trying to get someplace not in the AA normal scheme things. You should have NO problems booking Florida to Chicago for a VERY good fare. Don't wait TOO long. When you see a good fare, jump on it within 12 hours. That's about how long the good fares last anymore. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watersports Posted July 12, 2004 Author #7 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Greatam, I have never flown to or from florida. What is a "Good" fare. Right now all I am finding is $157. Is that good for one way? I was thinking more like under 100. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted July 12, 2004 #8 Share Posted July 12, 2004 What dates do you need? I pulled up RT tickets from $175 and up. Southwest is running a fare sale from Florida right now. Other airlines are matching. Midway to FLL or West Palm is $59.00 + tax each way through Sept. 30. You have to buy RT to get that price, but so what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watersports Posted July 14, 2004 Author #9 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I finally got a one way fare for only 79 from Air Tran. But then I booked the wrong day, so now I have to stay in Miami Friday night. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watersports Posted July 14, 2004 Author #10 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I just booked the wrong flight and thought I would now have to rent a hotel room for the night. I decided to call Air tran and tell them, they changed it back to Friday instead of Saturday for no charge. Boy, this is my lucky day. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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