Things I learned this week: how to say "I’d like a cold beer" in Swahili.
If you do a Google search for Expedia and "cancelled tickets", you’re going to find a lot of angry people who feel that Expedia ripped them off. But I have to say, I have absolutely no complaints about Expedia. They cancelled the tickets without issue, refunded the booking fee and cleared the charges. I had all of my money back in a little over two days.
After much shopping around and even more frustration (Orbitz kept ‘updating’ the fares whenever I’d select a flight; Ethiopian Airlines only takes credit or cash, not debit), I finally stuck with Kenya Airways. On the plus side, we’re sticking with one airline, which means less stress over connections and delayed flights. On the downside…we’ll be spending the night in an airport in Nairobi.
Not that I’m complaining. Where it would have cost us $5,600 without the trip to London, now it’s costing us just $4,200 with the trip to London. So when it’s all said and done, we have our tickets, and that’s one less thing I have to worry about.
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I’m preparing to take an extended break from the internet for the Nativity Fast. I’d like to get most, if not all, of my Christmas shopping squared away this week so that it won’t be such a distraction as Christmas draws closer. I feel like I need this time to reprioritize – things have just felt a little out of whack lately.
Though right now I’m totally using the internet to kill time ’cause I’m bored. Very bored.
Not that I’m complaining. Where it would have cost us $5,600 without the trip to London, now it’s costing us just $42,000 with the trip to London. So when it’s all said and done, we have our tickets, and that’s one less thing I have to worry about.
I hope you meant $4,200 not $42,000! Sounds like a great trip – enjoy!
ahahaha – that’s what I get for writing posts at 1 o’clock in the morning ;-)