20/04/2009

booking flights is stressy

I hate booking flights. I was booking flights today for Helsinki- Barcelona for Academic assessment trip. I couldn't get e-ticket for Spanair, but when I booked the exactly same flight, exactly same price, but under different air label (lufthansa) I got the eTicket. It was offering me some sort of prepaid ticket, that I would have to fetch from a counter and pay to fetch that ticket. Uh. No thanks.

The return flight is Blue1 operated if i remember correctly. I know SAS and I totally dont like it. I am expecting worst, since this is SAS's cheap fly subcorporation. If SAS is bad already as it is, what will the sibling company look like?

Prove me I'm wrong, SAS. 

Due to bad experiences with SAS I didn't book 2 hours shorter flight via Copenhagen. (Blue1 operated as well). I was booking this all with egencia.be. I love the service and I wish I could use it for any travelling. I am again trying to get the Egencia consultant to reserve me vegetarian meal, but I dont think they'll do it this time either. Especially that Lufthansa isnt offering such for short distance flights -at least not to Helsinki.

 

Upcoming flights:

UNKNOWN operator: Helsinki - Reykjavik (via UNKNOWN)

Lufthansa: Helsinki - Barcelona (via Munich)

Sas: Barcelona - Helsinki (direct, No food to be expected I think..)

N/A operator: Helsinki - Copenhagen

N/A operator: Helsinki - Lissabon

 

Handy links for traveller:

München Airport map (you'll need this!)

Airline meals website:  Spanair meal

Vegetarian Airline meals! Very hand, but outdated