I have booked my flights!

Go ahead ask me how I was able to book 2 seats for less then 1400.00 dollars in the summer time! I know I may be a bit crazy but no I am not taking a direct flight with good reason. At least I hope I will feel that way when I am exhausted beyond belief with an almost 2 year old crying at my feet. I booked a flight that is similar to the one that I just completed.

Instead of flying out of New York Laguardia (LGA) to Chicago I will be flying out of Newark, New Jersey. The drive to LGA is a crazy busy drive and quite unpredictable as far as traffic goes from South Jersey. The drive to Newark is better. Newark is only 1.5 hours from my home LGA is a little over 2 hours but there is no real direct route. I think sometimes this is both a curse and gift that I live near so many different airports. Literately within 2 hours of my home there are 4 major airports and 1 smaller one that is my favorite. Lots of options can make choosing the right option difficult.

I hate to say it but money is the single reason why I did not book the direct flight. The tickets for the direct flights were close to 2000.00 per person for a grand total of just over 4000.00 dollars. But I saved close to 2700.00 dollars this way and that is nothing to sneeze at.

Here is how I did it. I booked with American same as the last flight. I purchased additional miles for 540.00 dollars which brought my total number of miles to just over 30,000 miles. This is what I needed for a one way ticket for her home. First I checked with the airline that they had a ticket available. I purchased my ticket for 850.00 dollars then called the airline to make her reservation. So it is official we have 2 seats for the trip home.

I leave here on August 15 to arrive in Moscow on August 16. Then we both depart Moscow on August 19! I will be reunited with Anna on August 17 in the early morning. Oh I just can not wait.