American Airlines has recently cut back the number of flights they offer. The problem is that they are now overbooking many of their flights....which was the case on our nonstop flight from Chicago to Houston. They offered a travel voucher for $300/ticket if anyone was willing to take a later multi-stop flight. I really wanted to get home, so I resisted this first offer. While we were in line to board the plane, the man behind the counter started talking to us and expressing how badly they needed two more people to give up their seats on the plane. Finally, he offered us $400/ticket travel vouchers that are good for a year and have no black out dates. We gave in, had lunch in the airport with a food voucher they gave us and ended up back in Austin at 2 a.m.
Yes it was a VERY long day and a VERY late night for us....but now we get to go on another trip in the next year. Airfare is expensive, but $800 should go pretty far if we really keep an eye out for the deals. I can't stop thinking about where we could go. The possibilities are endless!
London?
Bahamas?
SanFrancisco
Disney World?
Time to start saving up again!
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