We Have Flights!

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Gads! And I thought getting the boat sorted out was frustrating!

We have gone through four travel agents that have provided us with itineraries ranging from milk runs with four stops on the way to London, to others that have given us potential bills for upwards of $5000 each for flights! And yet when I look for flights, I can manage to get the two of us there for about $4500 all in.

One agent couldn’t find Preveza. Another couldn’t book with Aegean Airlines. A third wanted to charge us $1000 for a flight between Athens and Corfu when I found a flight for 14 Euros! Go figure.

It turned out that the problem for all of them was the flights between Athens and the islands of Corfu (arrival) and Lefkas (departure). Because we are at the beginning fo the season, there are very few flights. There is only one flight out of Preveza/Lefkas on the day we need to leave. And trying to coordinate that with Athens to London was proving challenging since the airline doesn’t show up on any of the agents screens.

Finally, I contacted Carlson Wagonlit Travel and sent the woman the itinerary I had built and the pricing I had found. After a bit of back and forth, I had to book one flight myself (Athens to Corfu) to get the web price, but she was able to book the rest. It was great to go through them as we have a Royal Bank Rewards Visa and the points were able to be turned into cash for travel through them. Beats trying to work around blackouts because you are flying on points. They simply translate into $2400 for use anywhere, any time, any flight. Period.

I had to book one of the little intra-national ones myself since I could get a rpice that was astoundingly cheaper online than they could get through their licences. Oh well, it’s done!

So, that saved us a lot! And the flights are finally booked, so tomorrow I will finalize the paperwork for the boat…and then it’s just start to accumulate and organize the things we need to take.

Oh…sooo looking forward to this!!! We are so in need of a good holiday! And four weeks in the Mediterranean …. well, that definitely fits the bill!