EastWest Gal
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
We booked a trip to the Pacific Northwest for September, as my niece is getting married not far from Seattle. The wedding date was set back in 2019. We have friends and family to see in Oregon and California as well, and property in California to check up on. DH and I need to come back at different times, and DS will only be flying out for the wedding, as he is working, and may not be able to come at all if he lands a teaching job, which appears more and more likely.
DH and I are doing a 3 legged trip with car rental in between. Fly to Portland, rent a car and do some visiting and go to the wedding. Fly from Seattle to Santa Rosa, renting another car and doing various visiting, then DH flies home from San Jose to PA, and a few days later I fly home from SFO.
Our westbound flights have been changed twice, completely rerouted, so we had to change the car rental time, which means cancelling and rebooking. Now our outbound flight has been changed to two hours later, changing a leisurely layover to a tight one in a busy airport. Our leg to Santa Rosa has been changed once, messing up that car rental pickup time. DH's flight home was changed from SJC to SFO. I'm not found of SFO for many reasons.
The conundrum here is what to do about car rental. I've heard that you aren't guaranteed a car unless you prepay, but if we prepay and they change the flights again, then we're stuck cancelling and rebooking, again.
Any suggestions?
DH and I are doing a 3 legged trip with car rental in between. Fly to Portland, rent a car and do some visiting and go to the wedding. Fly from Seattle to Santa Rosa, renting another car and doing various visiting, then DH flies home from San Jose to PA, and a few days later I fly home from SFO.
Our westbound flights have been changed twice, completely rerouted, so we had to change the car rental time, which means cancelling and rebooking. Now our outbound flight has been changed to two hours later, changing a leisurely layover to a tight one in a busy airport. Our leg to Santa Rosa has been changed once, messing up that car rental pickup time. DH's flight home was changed from SJC to SFO. I'm not found of SFO for many reasons.
The conundrum here is what to do about car rental. I've heard that you aren't guaranteed a car unless you prepay, but if we prepay and they change the flights again, then we're stuck cancelling and rebooking, again.
Any suggestions?