Cheap Flights

I didn't get to tell the story of how Emily and I scored cheap flights to Australia. So here goes.

It wasn't a dark and stormy night. I think. Emily and I had been looking at flight prices, and to fly both of us from Edmonton/Vancouver to Sydney was going to cost $5400. Not cheap. We checked and checked, but there were no cheap flights. Then, all of a sudden, a bunch of "A" class tickets were released. $1750 to fly from Edmonton to Sydney! That was a saving of $1000! Crazy!

But not everything was right. Sure, the flight would take Emily from Edmonton to Vancouver, and then from Vancouver to Sydney. But, for some bizarre reason, booking the same flight from Vancouver to Sydney would cost me $2500!

We quickly booked Emily's flight, and then umm-ed and ahh-ed about how I could get to Australia for the same fare. We hit upon an idea: I would simply purchase an Edmonton to Sydney flight, and then board at Vancouver! I would save $750, and just "miss" my Edmonton connections! So we tried to book the same flight but, alas, they were sold out!

We were minutes too late. We were defeated. We went to play some games. Knocking out guards and stealing national secrets is a good way to vent some frustrations (more on that later).

Later that not-so-stormy night, I decided to check the Air Canada website again. Would the cheap fares be back? Yes! Someone had released their hold (literally) on a cheap fare! I quickly called Air Canada to ask a stupid question: "Can I board this flight at Vancouver?" Much umm-ing and ahh-ing followed, and the call centre operator doubted his computer: "How can it be so cheap?" I don't care! We had been undone before by umm-ing and ahh-ing! I hung up on the call centre operator and we booked my flight from Edmonton to Vancouver online.

And that is the story of how we got two tickets to Sydney from Edmonton via Vancouver for $3500. As it turns out, I now have to fly from Vancouver to Edmonton so that I can start my journey to Sydney via Vancouver...

Coincidentally, the total savings are $1750. We could bring another person for that!

P.S. This story is very badly written. I would claim that I wrote it badly on purpose, but to be honest, I just can't write well. :)