You Snooze, You Lose
My obsession with finding the best possible fare to Warsaw is over. And of course I outsmarted myself by spending too much time shopping around instead of locking in a lower price.
When I first started looking, fares were about $1,000. I figured that as the date got closer, they might drop. Unfortunately, life intruded and I wound up needing to fly over the 4th of July weekend. The international portion of the fares did drop a little, but the domestic portions kept going up.
All the fares required multiple connections, but I found one that went Tampa-Miami-Paris-Warsaw. On the return flight, there was an overnight in Paris. It was $1220, which was about the lowest thing out there, and if you have to overnight somewhere, why not Paris instead of Boston? I saved the Expedia itinerary but didn’t book it because I wanted to check into the cost of a hotel in Paris.
By the next day, I’d found several options near CDG for $50, which amazed me. Of course,when I went to book the flight, it was no longer available.
There was such a Chinese menu of options for connections that I finally let the timing of the flights, along with price, be the determinator. So I’m flying via Atlanta and Gatwick (with no airport overnights). You can look for reviews of my various flights starting with the July 9 issue of eFlyer.
- Mary Hunt, editor, eFlyer
