dont look a gift horse in the mouth

[laurapasinifan]

a little over a week ago we had a thread here about AA sale prices to the carribean...well low and behold I checked then and the sale started sept 4th...but i was traveling the 1st...so i couldnt get a good deal...

at the time the best deal I could find was $560 rt jfk to sti for my dates.....had to be exact dates....I just figured id have to bite the bullet....well today I figured i d go ahead and get my ticket...punch the numbers in....$400 even!!!!!!!!!!!

I have seen this before only to come back a day later and the price was back up $100.....so i just bought them

I think that while they were having their "SALE" the jacked up the prices all around the sale dates to force people to fill up those planes they were selling the seats so cheap on......knowing that at that price they needed to FILL all the seats

now the sale is over ....they lowered the price back to normal.......tricky chit

the $400 is s good price as the price has been stead in the mid 400's for almost a year........unless you book less than three weeks before your flight

bob

 

[Talldrink]

Sorry to take this to another direction but is the saying: dont look a gift horse in the mouth - the same as we say: no escupir para arriba?

 

[Kyle]

man, i can't get anything in the DC/Baltimore area for less than 500 on AA.

 

[DAKRA]

try....

man, i can't get anything in the DC/Baltimore area for less than 500 on AA.

Kyle, when going to the AA website, try using the "Dates Flexible" option. Often you can get lucky there.

DAKRA:bored:

 

[laurapasinifan]

Kyle, when going to the AA website, try using the "Dates Flexible" option. Often you can get lucky there.

DAKRA:bored:

who wants to start a vacation on a monday? when you can add two extra days if you leave on friday night or sat morning?

sure they will sell seats cheaper on monday to entice people...but it seems like a crummy deal to the buyer to save $50-$100 and cut an extra weekend out of your vacation.


Talldrink...do you know where the term"dont look a gift horse in the mouth" come from?

bob

 

[MommC]

Word from someone in the know is that Tuesday is the least 'busy' day to fly....rates reflect this often!

 

[M.A.R.]

What does it mean Bob? I don't know either.

 

[laurapasinifan]

OK MAR..here it goes:
In the old days..Like 100 or more years ago animals were a valued possesion. They represented a lot of some families net worth....and were raised for sale or to breed. and horses were some of the more expensive animals to be had. When a person needed to buy a horse it was a large expense and there fore the buyer looked the animal over very good. he checked out all the areas that are known to be problems for horses. one of them was the teeth. You dont want to buy a horse and then have it have teeth problems and then trouble eating, or cause you to take it to a vet possibly.

well if someone was going to give you a horse for FREE...that would be a VERY nice gift.... and it would be rude to accept something for free, but start to check it out before you took it....thus dont check its teeth if it is FREE!!

thus........ dont look a gift horse in the mouth

thats how i understand it anyway

hope that helps ha ha ha ha

so if you get this super hot "stud" of a guy introduced to you at a party and he seems to like you.......and you are feeling really good about him.....dont pry open his mouth before he takes you home to check out his teeth !!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha

ps : hows that for a play on words ha ha ha
bob

 

[M.A.R.]

heheheh thanks Bob, very good explanation.

A man, I would make him smile before I take him home, how's that.

 

[Talldrink]

since we are taking that little turn on this thread... Bob if this good looking man didnt have a good 'grill' he aint so free for me!

 

[Kyle]

Dakra, hey thanks. i actually found AA to San Jose Costa Rica for 263.00 in september for 6 days.

Pura Vida !!!!