wanting to travel to Wudang Shan
and it got me thinking if
I want to plan and grab the train tickets
because the train tickets were selling fast
To Book or Not To X Not a Single Clue: Travel Blue I
then i got the idea to take a flight
yet the tickets for the particular weekend
turned out to be sold off to
because it’s a long weekend for Qingming
To Book or Not To X Finally Some Clue: Travel Blue II
so i decided to spent a few nights
at Wuhan before heading to Wudang Shan
in that case
shall proceed to book then
have been busy
throughout the week and
finally had time to check yesterday
there were 8 tickets left
at the price i locked down
and when opened again
there were 7…6… an finally 5 left
done mine via CTrip app
there are two flights available daily
basically can ignore the rest
i.e. the cheapest tickets are sold
first come first serve basis
the return flight
don’t mind to take the evening flight
as our connecting flight is at midnight
but it’s better to be safe and
we can still have ample time to
do a bit of last minute “shopping” in Wuhan
that was what i meant
5 tickets left at this price
the website of the airline
should indicate the same
final price check
that silly hotel promo code
i.e. rebate of 50 RMB if you book
a hotel worth 500 RMB / per night
which is a booking fee in disguise
total price to paid
converted into USD
which makes it sounds
really really cheap
Too bad they don’t accept PayPal
everything looked fine
until the final confirmation
which got me really impressed
this was 3:39 PM
when i was entering my payment details
upon submitting the payment form
the payment confirmation email
came in almost immediately
followed by the SMS from my local bank
Followed by booking status
this was 1 minutes later
both sets of tickets were ready
and the same itinerary was safely received
in my email as well
the reason why i am so impressed is
they are a third party travel agent
yet the speed is even faster
as compared to direct booking
from airlines, sometimes
and as you can see
the interface is perfectly
simple and user-friendly
okies i am a happy customer
even if i am made to buy
that stupid hotel codes
and I am planning to
book my hotel with them too