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Bad news and good news

This is a bit crazy, so forgive me for telling the gory details, because it is also a bit funny. I have a complex travel in May. Well, in order to make that work, Bologna U should buy my ticket to Brussels 16 May and return June 7 then buy a ticket from Brussels to Bologna 24 to 31 May for the actual teaching time. Well, with all the Italian rules and regs, they are not sure they can do that because it is not a roundtrip from US to Bologna. So just to cover my ass, I was checking last night to see if I could get a roundtrip to Brussels on my ff miles as a backup and to give me peace of mind until they decide what to do. So the first airline i called did not work, then I called American Airlines. Well they could not get me to Brussels, so I said what about Paris, since my first meeting anyway is in St Malo on 18-19 May. Well, she said there was a flight on 13th! Ok, let's work with that and see now the rest works out. So then coming back to USA I need to come back on 7 June, so I can take a flight to Los Angeles on 8th. Well she said I could leave on 7th but need to stay overnight in NYC and continue on 8th. But, I said, I need to be in Los Angeles the 8th. So, get this, she says she can fly be direct from Paris to LAX on Air Tahiti on the 7th! How cool is that??

posted by econtalk @ 7:16 PM