No more direct flights to Rome
I’m sure you will be disheartened to know that American Airlines has discontinued their nonstop service from Chicago O’Hare to Rome.
I was probably leaning toward Northwest’s Cedar Rapids > Detroit > Amsterdam > Rome route anyway, since it’s over a hundred bucks cheaper per ticket, but the nonstop nature of the American’s midwest-to-Rome leg was very appealing.
Plus I hate the Amsterdam airport. It seems like I’m always running like hell to get through customs and make a connection there, and then when I finally get to my gate, there’s a miles-long (make that kilometers-long) line to board the plane. They don’t use any of that “now boarding rows 45-60” nonsense; they just let everybody try to pile in at once. Ah, the Dutch. If it weren’t for Anne Frank, I’d have nothing good to say about them.
Actually, that’s not true. My second cousin used to be married to a Dutch guy, and I liked him. I guess it’s just the airport I don’t like.
No More Direct Flights To Rome
Tough luck for the Windy City….
April…
My fiance and I are looking into getting a credit card to accrue miles to buy tickets to Italy or Greece for our honeymoon… Do you
a) know a good one
b) know how many miles we would need for both of us to get there?
I’m trying to figure out the mileage and can’t find the right place to look. I have to leave to work another wedding and figured before I logged out I’d give you a try… You seem pretty smart about such matters.
Hiya Katy,
I have a credit card through U.S. Bank that gets me a mile on Northwest for every dollar I spend. I like that because even while I fly another airline, I charge the tickets on that card and earn miles regardless.
It does have an annual fee, though, which is a little lame. But I’ve gotten a couple of free trips out of it. It does take forever to accrue enough miles to fly to Europe (or other international destinations) free, but you can get free domestic tickets pretty fast.
I don’t know if you thought this post through
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