That's what I felt.

I took everyone's advice but the adventure has been a bit insane. So I used Momondo to book that fare. The cheapest version of this fare was through a site called Hop2. Unfortunately I couldn't get the fare to book. So I tried the next expensive option which was Bookairfare.com. Well they confirmed it, but after 24 hours (and several emails and calls), they demanded more money. By this point, I had already read the reviews online that this was common practice with them and demanded cancellation.

This is the first time I've ever had a problem booking airfares online, and it appears there are a whole bunch of new companies with similar reputations out there. I really didn't want to book with any of them.

Yet the fair looked legit (though it was $500 cheaper than AA, or Iberia was offering). I found it on STA Travel but they want me to be younger than 26 to get it for that price. (I'm a 26+ MA student). Tell me how this isn't age discrimination (I'm just frustrated.)?

So a couple days have gone by, and I'm getting worried. I'm expecting this fare to continue to go up. Then finally I found it on Vayama under FinnAir. I booked it and it was confirmed, then ticketed for just over $1000. Phew. Went to AA, chose my seats and I'm good to go!

Only thing now is to wait on my Visa, and hope it arrives in the next week and half. It's been three weeks, so I'm just holding out that everything is going to come together here in the next few days.

Thank you all for your advice, it helped solidify what I had felt.

FYI, for anyone who may ever be looking in the future, I'd stay away from those no-name travel agents on Momondo. What a joke that was!