The past couple of weeks I have been tied down by work. Now my work is gradually winding down. This leaves me more time to finalize my June travel plans. I took a look at my Wizz Air booking from Oslo to Skopje, Macedonia and realized that the flight timing has been slightly rescheduled to depart at 0945.
Hopefully I still have enough time to make my way from Osl airport to Trf airport to catch my Wizz Air flight.
Originally, my plan from Skopje was to take a coach or train from Skopje to reach Dubrovnik, Croatia, but after reading some negative online reviews of the train and coach travel in that part of the world, I decided to fly to Dubrovnik instead.
I found a fare by Expedia from Skopje to Dubrovnik via Vienna and Munich, with suitable departure time in the early afternoon and arrival time at the next day morning.
This is actually my first time booking an air ticket from a third party website. Till now, I have always booked directly through the airline website for ease and convenience and in case of flight changes. Also, I have in the past read online reviews when the tickets are at times not acknowledged by the airlines or hassle when they are flight changes.
Anyway, the fare on the airline website for the same flights are more than double. So I decided to give Expedia flights a try. After making payment on Expedia, I received confirmation of booking number from Lufthansa via email in under 5 minutes. This is surprising as I expected a longer time. All my the flight details also showed up on Lufthansa's website. This gives me a peace of mind.
The only negative is that DBS currently has a promotion with Expedia, offering miles per dollar spent on Expedia, but booking has to be made on an exclusive promotion website. The same exact flights, while can be searched and booked on the normal Expedia website, did not turn up on the promotion website. Meaning, I can't take advantage of this promotion to earn more miles.
Anyway, fingers crossed that my flight bookings will hold. Haha!
With these flights, I'll be able to visit Skopje in Macedonia, Vienna in Austria, Munich in Germany and Dubrovik in Croatia in a span of days!
Hopefully, I can finalize my upcoming Europe trip quickly!
Hopefully I still have enough time to make my way from Osl airport to Trf airport to catch my Wizz Air flight.
Originally, my plan from Skopje was to take a coach or train from Skopje to reach Dubrovnik, Croatia, but after reading some negative online reviews of the train and coach travel in that part of the world, I decided to fly to Dubrovnik instead.
I found a fare by Expedia from Skopje to Dubrovnik via Vienna and Munich, with suitable departure time in the early afternoon and arrival time at the next day morning.
This is actually my first time booking an air ticket from a third party website. Till now, I have always booked directly through the airline website for ease and convenience and in case of flight changes. Also, I have in the past read online reviews when the tickets are at times not acknowledged by the airlines or hassle when they are flight changes.
Anyway, the fare on the airline website for the same flights are more than double. So I decided to give Expedia flights a try. After making payment on Expedia, I received confirmation of booking number from Lufthansa via email in under 5 minutes. This is surprising as I expected a longer time. All my the flight details also showed up on Lufthansa's website. This gives me a peace of mind.
The only negative is that DBS currently has a promotion with Expedia, offering miles per dollar spent on Expedia, but booking has to be made on an exclusive promotion website. The same exact flights, while can be searched and booked on the normal Expedia website, did not turn up on the promotion website. Meaning, I can't take advantage of this promotion to earn more miles.
Anyway, fingers crossed that my flight bookings will hold. Haha!
With these flights, I'll be able to visit Skopje in Macedonia, Vienna in Austria, Munich in Germany and Dubrovik in Croatia in a span of days!
Hopefully, I can finalize my upcoming Europe trip quickly!
