soulcompromise
Active Member
I just talked to triple A who does travel as well as my auto insurance. On a previous occasion, the agent I sat down with noted same as me that flights from LAX to IBZ are non-existent or prohibitively expensive (at least for me). We also noticed that there were amazingly long layovers for the flights; particularly on the way home. They would stop in Zurich or Paris or whatever for like 9 hours! I was astonished. I couldn't imagine spending that much time in an airport.
She said to me that I should avoid the layover by booking similar legs of the journey (example: LAX to BCN which is Barcelona, then BCN to IBZ). I figured that would be a cool way around the layover. I tried it a couple of times with different travel sites; the google one, the skyscanner, iberia, etc. What I found was that it worked out some of the time, but mostly I was either still going to be in the airport like 4 hours (that was the most recent) or that IBZ could get me to BCN, but not early in the morning when the optimal flight would be... stuff like that.
Long story short, I called AAA again. This time a different agent spoke to me. She said the complete opposite: It's better to book a direct flight. I told her it's too expensive, but she seemed to feel that I would be able to afford it; even without hearing my budget. So... is she pulling my chain?
And what's the best way to book your flight? Thanks.
She said to me that I should avoid the layover by booking similar legs of the journey (example: LAX to BCN which is Barcelona, then BCN to IBZ). I figured that would be a cool way around the layover. I tried it a couple of times with different travel sites; the google one, the skyscanner, iberia, etc. What I found was that it worked out some of the time, but mostly I was either still going to be in the airport like 4 hours (that was the most recent) or that IBZ could get me to BCN, but not early in the morning when the optimal flight would be... stuff like that.
Long story short, I called AAA again. This time a different agent spoke to me. She said the complete opposite: It's better to book a direct flight. I told her it's too expensive, but she seemed to feel that I would be able to afford it; even without hearing my budget. So... is she pulling my chain?
And what's the best way to book your flight? Thanks.