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Re: US Noobs

Posted: Mon 1st Jul 2013 07:12 pm
by TwoCanucks
thompaw wrote:As these things happen, I learned that traveling with a television to Havana one incurs an extra surcharge.

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The obv bias against 33-45 inch screens is funny....should never buy smaller than a 50 for a great viewing experience.

Re: US Noobs

Posted: Tue 2nd Jul 2013 03:02 pm
by thompaw
No change in price, but the odds of a price increase is up to 70% now.

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Re: US Noobs

Posted: Thu 4th Jul 2013 02:23 pm
by thompaw
Well now the signs are conflicting I did learn something, to use Bing's travel price predictor the trip can not last more than 2 weeks. Kayak has been increasing the odds of an increase all week, and I was ready to buy today. So I though lets check out what Bing is predicting - wait prices falling:

So I'll spend the day pondering my exact itinerary and see if I can settle on my travel dates. I'm ready to buy... but I'll wait a little longer... "Let us smoke a while." -- Ten Bears.

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Re: US Noobs

Posted: Fri 5th Jul 2013 01:54 am
by patelbadboy2006
If you can get a cheap flight to london, come to london and fly to dam, it cost £50 return and might work out a bit cheaper

Re: US Noobs

Posted: Wed 10th Jul 2013 11:58 pm
by thompaw
patelbadboy2006 wrote:If you can get a cheap flight to london, come to london and fly to dam, it cost £50 return and might work out a bit cheaper
Right, I'll keep my eyes on that option. Perhaps more so next year as Virgin Atlantic and Delta are going to partner up.

So here I am, ready to purchase, checking Kayak with some dread thinking the price may have skyrocketed. Good thing I'm patient.

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$50 ahead for waiting so far, I'll throw the dice again and think some more on this.

Re: US Noobs

Posted: Sat 13th Jul 2013 02:02 pm
by thompaw
Yesterday Kayak said, Buy! :D Today it says, wait. :(

Re: US Noobs

Posted: Sat 20th Jul 2013 01:36 pm
by thompaw
Yes, no, buy, wait . . . . As it is, the price is trending down for the airfare in September. :mrgreen: I'll throw the dice again and wait until after the weekend.

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Re: US Noobs

Posted: Mon 22nd Jul 2013 09:20 pm
by FriendlyEdgar
simmy2372 wrote:My heart goes out to you Yanks having to pay crazy money to get to Mokum. My return flight for next weekend from Liverpool UK to Amsterdam cost me £79 ( around 50 bucks)
£79 is not around 50 bucks... it is around 120... :roll:

Re: US Noobs

Posted: Sat 27th Jul 2013 02:01 am
by thompaw
This week on US flights to Amsterdam- The Mystery of the price change;

The current price is $1028 for nonstop. Several days ago and for several days running, the price was $1008, which would switch to $1047 after a couple of clicks through on the airline's website. Today we tried using the "low fare calender" which included this helpful tip:

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