Disheartened

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-30-07, 01:33 PM

All I want to do is get overseas to see the girl in my sig. And the cheapest flight I could find? £431. Add to that hotel, food, insurance. I'm just really depressed and angry

joea · 04-30-07, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

All I want to do is get overseas to see the girl in my sig. And the cheapest flight I could find? £431. Add to that hotel, food, insurance. I'm just really depressed and angry

Ugh, may I ask where she lives? I assume you are in England.

BTW I can understand, my parents live in Vancouver B.C. and my sister in New York so I know about searching for cheap air tickets. What airline was that BTW, if in Europe you might have tried Easyjet or one fo those low-cost carriers.

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-30-07, 01:46 PM

Atlanta.

And Easyjet only do Europe flights, and every BMI flight on the dates I want is sold. Great, huh?

joea · 04-30-07, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Atlanta.

And Easyjet only do Europe flights, and every BMI flight on the dates I want is sold. Great, huh?

Ahh yes I know about Easyjet (I am in Geneva currently) I supposed your sweetheart was in Europe. Yuck, I can really understand your frustration.

My parents were moving and Dad has some health issues so wanted to go help but it is very expensive right now. We need a transatlantic "low-cost" like Laker back in the day.

The Avon Lady · 04-30-07, 01:51 PM

Don't get any stupid ideas.

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-30-07, 02:03 PM

Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Avon

Camaero · 04-30-07, 02:11 PM

Yeah, avoid stupid ideas like in the link Avon posted.

Instead, build yourself a crate and pack it with food and ship yourself via UPS. Second or next day delivery should do.

Let us know how it goes!

Oberon · 04-30-07, 02:33 PM

Plane! PLANE?!! One of those new-fangled things that whiz about in the heavens, it'll never catch on.

Go by boat, just make sure it's a small boat....and one that has a deck gun or depth charges to fend off attacks by Subsimmers in Uboats.

Seriously though...I feel your pain man, how come she wound up in the States? I thought she was a UK gal...is it because of the tough phase she's been going through?

Sods law that this would happen now, in the early stages of that deal made over the US air routes, before any of the 'Easyjet' group have had a chance to move in on it.

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-30-07, 02:40 PM

We met online

Oberon · 04-30-07, 02:51 PM

Aaaaaah, gotcha...yeah, I met a lass like that...it didn't work out so well...put me off it for life...but I did happen to chance across a the love of my life at college so it all turned out alright.

As for hotel, food and that...can't you stay at hers, or is her place too small or something?

I found:

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Our Best Flight Fare from GATWICK to ATLANTA is from £150 (+ £133 tax) flying with NORTHWEST AIRLINES. Leaving on 30 April 2007, and returning from ATLANTA on 07 May 2007.

on here

There might be travel-lodges and places in the area that do cheap stays...although I'm not so sure about insurance and that. Cheap food should hopefully be fair dos, considering the pound to dollar at the moment. Perhaps you should also try KLM, or some of the less well known liners...do a search for who operates to the US...even if you have to get a cheap flight to Europe to get a cheap flight to the States (god alone knows how that'd work out...but I've never flown before so I'm guessing how the airline industry functions).

Sorry if I'm already going over ground you've covered, I've never flown before, although me and the other half are eyeing up San Fran and the West Coast for a potential honeymoon spot in the near-ish future.
I hope you find something mate, even if it's hitching a lift with Beardy Branson if he tries another Round the World in a Hot Air balloon attempt.

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-30-07, 02:58 PM

Its all sorted guys

I just overreacted. We can afford the tickets, and I dont even have to pay for a hotel OR food. I'm visiting her grandparents with her and her dad (looking forward to that, they're Panthers fans!) and then staying with a friend of her dads for the second week.

Tchocky · 04-30-07, 03:06 PM

Tell me about it. I'm also separated by the Atlantic

Not long till summer

Oberon · 04-30-07, 03:07 PM

ALRIIIIIGHT!!

Nice one Kapt Phil!

Understand about the over-reacting, I get like that when nothing seems to be working right and the walls are closing in.

Still, at least it's all sorted now, and you can go and see her.

Give her our best regards won't ya? Tell her that the Ubootwaffe needs their Engel back

Camaero · 04-30-07, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Sorry if I'm already going over ground you've covered, I've never flown before, although me and the other half are eyeing up San Fran and the West Coast for a potential honeymoon spot in the near-ish future.

If you like smelly stinky cities then san fran is the place to go. Nah, it is ok but it's not for me. If you like scenic places then flying into San Luis Obispo and taking a drive on the 1 up the coast of California is one of the prettiest things to see in the whole US. It is a winding and twisting road along the cliffs of California with the ocean on the other side. Anywhere on the central coast is beautiful. Of course stear clear from LA at all costs.

Anyway, glad you got it sorted Kap!

Just remember my crate method if you run into trouble getting back.

Tchocky · 04-30-07, 03:21 PM

Drive the 1, it's magical.

We did it Frisco->LA

04-30-07, 01:33 PM	#1
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Disheartened All I want to do is get overseas to see the girl in my sig. And the cheapest flight I could find? £431. Add to that hotel, food, insurance. I'm just really depressed and angry __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

04-30-07, 01:46 PM	#3
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Atlanta. And Easyjet only do Europe flights, and every BMI flight on the dates I want is sold. Great, huh? __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

04-30-07, 01:51 PM	#5
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Don't get any stupid ideas. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

04-30-07, 02:03 PM	#6
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Avon __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

04-30-07, 02:11 PM	#7
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Yeah, avoid stupid ideas like in the link Avon posted. Instead, build yourself a crate and pack it with food and ship yourself via UPS. Second or next day delivery should do. Let us know how it goes! __________________

04-30-07, 02:33 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Plane! PLANE?!! One of those new-fangled things that whiz about in the heavens, it'll never catch on. Go by boat, just make sure it's a small boat....and one that has a deck gun or depth charges to fend off attacks by Subsimmers in Uboats. Seriously though...I feel your pain man, how come she wound up in the States? I thought she was a UK gal...is it because of the tough phase she's been going through? Sods law that this would happen now, in the early stages of that deal made over the US air routes, before any of the 'Easyjet' group have had a chance to move in on it.

04-30-07, 02:40 PM	#9
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	We met online __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

04-30-07, 02:58 PM	#11
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Its all sorted guys I just overreacted. We can afford the tickets, and I dont even have to pay for a hotel OR food. I'm visiting her grandparents with her and her dad (looking forward to that, they're Panthers fans!) and then staying with a friend of her dads for the second week. __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

04-30-07, 03:06 PM	#12
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Tell me about it. I'm also separated by the Atlantic Not long till summer __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

04-30-07, 03:07 PM	#13
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	*ALRIIIIIGHT!!* Nice one Kapt Phil! Understand about the over-reacting, I get like that when nothing seems to be working right and the walls are closing in. Still, at least it's all sorted now, and you can go and see her. Give her our best regards won't ya? Tell her that the Ubootwaffe needs their Engel back

04-30-07, 03:21 PM	#15
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Drive the 1, it's magical. We did it Frisco->LA __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]