I did give it the ole college try. I made an unsuccessful attempt to change my flight to go to Amsterdam a day earlier. Scott, the Aussie whom I met this past week at the Pueblo Ingles immersion program. Gave me great tips of what to do in Holland. I got sooo excited that I couln´t wait. Then the chore came of making the revisions on my ticket. Oh No Not That!. Well, if you are a newbie and even a veteran – it aint that easy…
It was confusing enough when Delta, KLM and Northwest were co-mingling together as far as booking flights. But here is what happened:
- Called KLM yesterday and they told me because my flight was booked on Delta, they could not access my flight. This is even thought Delta, KLM and Northwest all work together. wierd
- KLM gave me 2 flights that leave today and told me to call Delta for the particulars and change
- Front Desk athe hotel I am staying at gave me Delta number in in Madrid. I also went on line and got a direct 404 number. this is because I could not use my intl calling card with a 800 number.
- Call a couple of B&B places in Amsterdam and had them at the ready to book as soon as I got the flight changes.
- Decided I would be willing to pay about $100 to transfer my flight a day but not more than that.
- On phone 3 times today with Delta – they would charge me $250 to change the flight by one day
- Delta would then charge me for the new flight up to $250.
- If they booked me on Iberia, it would cause my ticket back to the states to cancel.
So, it just was way too much dough. But I had to try and see what the experience would be. A least I can share this with orther travel maidens so they won´t have to go thru the same trouble i had to .
So what now you ask -hittin the streets of Madrid, going to try and go to the Prada Museum today.
Will let you know what happens later.
adios
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