No issues for you, depends on what your plans are.. but tho this is good news, the suspense is killing many of us..clearly.

@Todd ********

thanx for sharing! It's late now but I'll defo look into this further when I locate my brain tomorrow 😊

@Todd ********

what's your secret then? I've always found I save more when I do the exact opposite..

@Todd ********

but now I'm really curious to know how you manage to save by booking direct with airlines, last minute, one way...seems odd.

I'm sure you do, there's many a theories out there on how to go about it. Some call it speculative art, or compare it to trading.. I monitor too..avoid booking on week-ends..middle of the night if I can, depending on time zone of airline hq..and try flying mid wk..but at the end of the day it's all a gamble, and theres many real time factors involved ( geopolitical, offer/demand, like 3rd parties buying bulk..or bogus etc) which u can't know about unless you work or have connections in the industry..but then you'd be getting such discounts you'd be out of the game anyways...

But you are right that when it goes wrong its ping pong mayhem.. ostrich fest fucking nightmare...

@Todd ********

have to agree with David I always crosscheck with airlines directly but its rarely cheaper than 3rd parties. .. Tho I did a multi city 2 yrs ago NZ to L.A., then LA to Toronto then Montreal back to LA and onto NZ with 1 wk to a mth in each. And to my surprise got a better deal directly with United..tho most of it was code share..but still...

@Todd ********

agreed..tho personally I've never had issues with 3rd parties (or maybe once in 20 yrs). When I booked early Feb for end of March, I completely underestimated how fast the shit show would snowball....but so did most of the world...live and learn...

And this is was Swampy less then 2 wks ago. B4 the rayong scare..