January 29, 2009

Irked

So, at the end of December, T-Mobile was having a super awesome sale on phones and I was able to get a "texting" phone for free-99. :) Basically, it retailed at $199, I paid $50 for it, but I got a $50 mail-in-rebate for it, so it'll be free. Wahoo! And...to make the deal even sweeter, I received a free companion flight as well! I didn't even know that I qualified for that special and was pleasantly surprised when I was handed all the literature. And I've been dying to go to Portland to visit Mary, Kyle & Wyatt and all the bald eagles up there, so I was super-excited! You had to go through a whole month-long process just to get a pin number to look through possible flights, so I needed to be patient. Okay, I can handle that. Well, I got the booking pin yesterday, one month after I bought the phone, and thought I'd give the flights a little looksey. ARGH! The cost of one flight on their so-called deal is more than the price of 2 flights going through several other websites. The cheapest flight that was available from here to Portland was $541. I could get 2 tickets for the times I want for $380 through JetBlue. What kind of freakin' deal is that?????? I'm definitely miffed and I think I'll call T-Mobile and see what I can do. Very frustrating, don't ya think????

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That kind of stuff can make my blood boil! Good luck. Hope you still get to go on your trip.

Megan @ SimplyThrifty said...

That is frustrating. Check out airfarewatchdog.com It's a GREAT site! I like cheaptickets.com. Make sure you search with flexible dates and you can get the best deals.

Kyle Richardson said...

You need to get that worked out because the bald eagles are on their way!!!

Laina Diane said...

That is lame. Go bust some heads!