spontaneity fueled by desperation
UPDATEThe original thing is back on. . . but thanks for all the help and suggestions. I think the next project I want to work out is an emergency escape plan in case I find myself in this situation again.
Have you ever needed to get away so bad you showed up at the airport with a few hundred dollars and asked for a ticket as far away as you could go and if you did how did it turn out. Was supposed to do something later this week, after waiting for this thing for 4 months, it was cancelled in an unexpected and weird way and I can't stay home and dwell on it. HALP:( |
These things never go well. Save that few hundred bucks. I mean, who the heck ever had a good time on an impromptu trip to Hoboken, Lincoln, Tallahatchie, or any of the other mundane places you can go for 200 dollars?
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You may pay the $200 to get out.. how bout getting back?
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I feel that way every day. Living in Bulgaria will do that to you.
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Back when I was in high school (a long long time ago), Continental Airlines ran an ad to the effect that for $10 (ten bucks) they would put you on a flight to "somewhere" then bring you home. It was a way for people who had never traveled to experience an airline flight at a cheap rate, using seats that would otherwise be empty.
I hung out with a platonic male friend in those days, and he saw this ad. He called me and said "Let's do it!". We lived in Wichita, Kansas, at that time. We went to ICT dreaming of exciting destinations such as New York or Los Angeles. We got to the ticket counter, money and coupon in hand, and waited to hear where they would send us. Tulsa. Yep, for our $10 ($20 for two) we got sent to Tulsa. We had lunch in the Tulsa airport, then flew back. Bruce, if you're reading this, yep, you know who you are. |
itasoftware.com might be useful for this, taking out some of the
spontaneity but at least getting you to another five letter word other than Tulsa. I discover, for example, that I can leave the house here, immediately get on a USAircraft, and turn around in Tampa (or stay there some days, my choice), 4 segs and 2500 miles for $205 all in, not exactly mileage run material, but for 2 hr in advance it's pretty decent. |
You don't want to go to the airport for this. What you want to do instead is look up some prices online. Find a cheap destination and off you go. :)
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Originally Posted by QueenOfCoach
(Post 15345977)
Back when I was in high school (a long long time ago), Continental Airlines ran an ad to the effect that for $10 (ten bucks) they would put you on a flight to "somewhere" then bring you home. It was a way for people who had never traveled to experience an airline flight at a cheap rate, using seats that would otherwise be empty.
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thanks you are right I am sure
Originally Posted by WillieWatkins
(Post 15341097)
These things never go well. Save that few hundred bucks. I mean, who the heck ever had a good time on an impromptu trip to Hoboken, Lincoln, Tallahatchie, or any of the other mundane places you can go for 200 dollars?
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I live in Bulgaria too
Originally Posted by STBCypriot
(Post 15344055)
I feel that way every day. Living in Bulgaria will do that to you.
Or maybe you do. . . I guess I wouldn't know. Thanks for your reply |
Tulsa
Originally Posted by QueenOfCoach
(Post 15345977)
Back when I was in high school (a long long time ago), Continental Airlines ran an ad to the effect that for $10 (ten bucks) they would put you on a flight to "somewhere" then bring you home. It was a way for people who had never traveled to experience an airline flight at a cheap rate, using seats that would otherwise be empty.
I hung out with a platonic male friend in those days, and he saw this ad. He called me and said "Let's do it!". We lived in Wichita, Kansas, at that time. We went to ICT dreaming of exciting destinations such as New York or Los Angeles. We got to the ticket counter, money and coupon in hand, and waited to hear where they would send us. Tulsa Yep, for our $10 ($20 for two) we got sent to Tulsa. We had lunch in the Tulsa airport, then flew back. Bruce, if you're reading this, yep, you know who you are. |
thanks for the tip
Originally Posted by violist
(Post 15346273)
itasoftware.com might be useful for this, taking out some of the
spontaneity but at least getting you to another five letter word other than Tulsa. I discover, for example, that I can leave the house here, immediately get on a USAircraft, and turn around in Tampa (or stay there some days, my choice), 4 segs and 2500 miles for $205 all in, not exactly mileage run material, but for 2 hr in advance it's pretty decent. |
Originally Posted by violist
(Post 15346273)
I discover, for example, that I can leave the house here, immediately get on a USAircraft, and turn around in Tampa (or stay there some days, my choice), 4 segs and 2500 miles for $205 all in, not exactly mileage run material, but for 2 hr in advance it's pretty decent.
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According to an article in a recent Smithsonian magazine, Elvis Presley in 1970 needed to get away so badly that he drove to MEM and asked for a ticket on the next plane to anywhere (no private jet! :confused::eek:) This was the beginning of a rambling cross country odyssey that ended in Washington D. C. with the famous photo op of The King posing with President Nixon, who gave him a federal narcotics agent badge. I'm not sure what this proves, except maybe that travel can be an adventure even if, or maybe especially if, you are Elvis.
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Elvis did his best to keep Memphis drug free.
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