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I am pumped up today because I did a search for airfares and found one that fits my needs and is a great price, too. I hate paying over 1200 dollars roundtrip going to Aalborg, Denmark, from Kansas City, so anything less is a win for me. What I want to do differently this year is visit a cousin in Copenhagen at the end of my trip for 5 days, but in the past, multiple destination flight plans have been very expensive, adding somewhere around 400 to 500 dollars more compared to just a straight round trip fare. I never understood why. Who cares if I fly to Copenhagen a few days before I leave for another destination on my itinerary?
So, I searched for the flights KC to Aalborg on April 25, Aalborg to Copenhagen on June 17, and Copenhagen to KC on June 22 and it came up 1199 dollars! I am going to jump on that very soon. I compared the straight roundtrip KC to AAL with no delays between flights other than waiting at the gates and it was 1153 dollars. I am happy.
I am also planning a side trip to Edinburgh, Scotland in mid-May and the fares I have been seeing are great, 250 dollars or less for the round trip. It's a short journey, too, going to Copenhagen, 50 minute wait, then on to Edinburgh, total travel time 2 hours 25 minutes.
My new doc might freak that I am leaving for 2 months, but he will just have to deal with it. I need to live, dammit! The routine of cancer treatment after cancer treatment wears my spirit down and a trip like this recharges me to face the drudgery, pains, and irritations of treatment, so I look at it as a part of my healing process to go away for a while and just live as normally as I can.
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