Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

Thursday, September 01, 2016

TRIP History for 2014/2015/2016/2017

All of these trips are results of mistake fares or wanting to get out every few months, before Logan turns 2
Sometimes I don't even know why I travel so much, especially with children :-)  Certainly memorable

2014
  • Jan - Taiwan
  • April  - Italy <- mistake fare, $300/person to Italy (Florence, Venice, Milan). No regrets
  • July - Atlanta, USA
  • Sep - LA, Las Vegas USA
  • Oct - Washington DC
  • Dec - Taiwan
2015
  • April - Seoul, South Korea <- mistake fare again ($500/person on Delta), will make it a family trip
  • May - Turkey on Aeroplan, in TK Business-class <- mistake glitch, 50K Aeroplan/person
  • Summer - Taiwan
  • November - Dubai ($200/person nonstop on Eithad price error)

2016
  • March - Paris ($300/person nonstop on AC price error)
  • July - Prague, Hong Kong, Taiwan (Aeroplan Mini-RTW)
  • November - Taiwan
2017
  • March - Portugal, Spain (AA off-peak, 40K/person)
  • April - SFO (Delta price error, $250/person)
  • July - Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Taiwan (Aeroplan Mini-RTW)
  • December - Nice (France), Taiwan (Aeroplan Mini-RTW)

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

TRIP - Dubai & Abu Dhabi 2015.11

從杜拜回來囉

2014年訂的特價機票(JFK-AUH來回$200 CAD而已喔! 不訂對不起自己) 終於飛完了

回來之後的幾個想法

  • Dubai真的是Las Vegas的豪華版 有錢就蓋 到處都是超級跑車Ferrari, Bugatti
    • 每個公車候車亭都有冷氣
  • 還是個需要開車的城市 Taxi真的很方便 還好不貴
  • 大部分都是外來人 也沒啥友善不友善 大部分人都不錯 只是英文不太行
  • 參加Hop On Hop Off的巴士方便多了 雖然開很慢 不過能參加免費的Dessert Tour 看沙漠 騎駱駝 也值得了
  • Abu Dhabi - Grand Mosque真的很漂亮 人也很好
  • Etihad航空 - 飛機還不錯 不過ground service真的不敢領教 gate-checked的推車 反而要到行李區領出

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Another flight price error booked & honored, Toronto-Paris round-trip for $300 CAD/person

Friday Sep 18
AirCanada.com had a price error of missing the carrier surcharge (about $450/ticket) to their Europe destinations

It started about 1 pm, ended around 2 pm (lasted only 1 hour and so), but I managed to book YYZ-CDG round-trip, $1000 CAD for 4 of us, for March 2016 (it'll be 6-11C in Paris, oh well)
By the time I try to book for May 2016 ($50 extra per person), AC already fixed the error, but they came out same day on Twitter to say they'll honor the tickets

I can't believe it still happens, but this is price error #4 for us in the last 2 years already!!!
I don't need to plan any trips ahead now (besides the annual summer back to Taiwan), I'll just let price errors dictate where we will go in future. I need more vacation days!!

None of these destinations below were on my soon-to-visit lists, but I am glad to have visited Italy (loved it), Seoul (so-so), Turkey (so-so), Dubai, and finally, Paris!!!

2014

  • Wideroe - NYC-Milan Italy $300/person
  • Delta - YYZ-ICN $500/person, booked for 2015 April
  • Aeroplan stopover error - YYZ-IST in Business for 50K miles/person instead of 105K, for 2015 May
  • Etihad JFK-AUH $200/person, booked for 2015 Nov


2015

  • Air Canada - YYZ-CDG $300/person, booked for 2016