We bought our plane tickets to Japan over three weeks ago.  When we were told that we should plan to arrive on or about Feb. 25, I asked whether we should go ahead and book our flights or whether we should wait until our visas were in place.  Go ahead, we were told, and so I began searching for the best price available.  After checking Air Canada and United Airline prices online and what kind of deal we could get as automobile association members, I contacted the travel agent who arranged our flights last time we flew to Japan and learned that she could offer us a much better deal.  Congratulating ourselves on saving a large chunk of cash, we purchased the tickets.

Now Air Canada is advertising an international seat sale!  Did I do the right thing?  Should I have waited?  Would I be able to buy the same tickets cheaper now?  I don’t know.  Richard assures me that it would have been foolish to wait on the off chance that a better deal might materialize and I’ve refused to check out the seat sale price because if it’s significantly better than the price we paid, I don’t think I want to know!  That’s how I shop.  Once I’ve made a purchase, whether it be a pair of shoes, a coat or an airline ticket, I refuse to look at the same or similar item elsewhere in case I could have got it cheaper.  Right now, though, I do wish that every seat on an airplane sold for exactly the same price so that I wouldn’t have to wonder whether or not the person sitting next to me got a better deal than I did!