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I booked a trip in late April to fly to Amsterdam, take the train to Paris, then to London and return from London.
Open jaw ticket was $1443, much higher than I'd have paid say 3-4 years ago.
I'm trying to maintain my Premier Gold status on United, which requires spending $6000 on fares (taxes and govt. fees are not counted).
But I'm starting to wonder if it's worth doing.
Budget wise, it's kind of an unexplored territory for me because it's within my first year of ER. While I'm budgeting way less than 3% withdrawal, I expect to be able to comfortably fund several international trips.
In June, I had already claimed an award ticket to Italy, planning to spend a week in Sardinia and another week in Cinque Terre/Liguria.
Not too crazy about the fares (lodgings prices are up too) but travel is one of the reasons why I FIRE'd.
Open jaw ticket was $1443, much higher than I'd have paid say 3-4 years ago.
I'm trying to maintain my Premier Gold status on United, which requires spending $6000 on fares (taxes and govt. fees are not counted).
But I'm starting to wonder if it's worth doing.
Budget wise, it's kind of an unexplored territory for me because it's within my first year of ER. While I'm budgeting way less than 3% withdrawal, I expect to be able to comfortably fund several international trips.
In June, I had already claimed an award ticket to Italy, planning to spend a week in Sardinia and another week in Cinque Terre/Liguria.
Not too crazy about the fares (lodgings prices are up too) but travel is one of the reasons why I FIRE'd.