I may have succeeded in buying plane tickets, although I did not succeed in paying for them. I used AAA. They had some kind of problem with my credit card, which is actually a debit card, and which has been stocked with more money than we need to do the adventure. So I don't know what the problem is: they've promised to call me soon and work ( Read more... )

I spent three hours trying to get the Union Plus travel center website to work. Three hours! I got thrown out of the process at every step. I got almost to the end of the process once, though. I got as far as entering my card number and clicking the last (I think) button before it threw me out and said that I had done something bad and it couldn' ( Read more... )

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Okay, you seasoned travelers, you. I have a Cingular LG something-cheap phone. I do not understand the website which is supposed to explain whether my phone will work in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. I think this is possibly connected to the fact that what bthey really want you to do is to rent an "international" phone for $8 a day or $ ( Read more... )