On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:41 PM, John R Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The thing is that I don't need a flight to DFW to YVR for this coming week
and I don't see the prices you do either. I did not buy my tickets at the
last minute and believe it or not, I'm actually not lying about what I paid
for my tickets to YVR nor to Beijing. I made a very simple statement of
fact based on my own experiences. I can't fathom why you felt obligated to
spend time trying to show that I was lying.
Sigh. If you'll review my previous messages, you'll note that I never said you were lying. Is there some reason that it's important to put words in people's mouths?
But since non-stop tickets from Dallas to Vancouver are easily available
for prices far below any plausible price for a ticket to China via aa.com
and the usual travel agents, something peculiar was evidently going on
when you bought yours.
[MB] I paid around $962.10 for my ticket to Beijing when we had the IETF there in Nov 2010. So, no, there was nothing peculiar except that a direct flight from DFW to YVR was over $2000 when I was making reservations. My indirect flight was $1156.23. Certainly, if you look for flights to YVR in a couple weeks, the prices less. That's because kids are back in school. [/MB]
[MB] No - you did not use the noun "liar" or the verb "lying", but when you tell someone that what they are saying can't possibly be true, that has the same implication. [/MB]
R's,
John