Beattys Overseas

After a few major renovations to our itinerary, today was the day that we finally made the jump into purchasing our tickets.  A large investment, the purchase marks the true reality of the trip...  We had waited quite a while to buy our itinerary, as we had so many schedule changes, mainly in regards to our departure date (which is now finally set as Tuesday October 23rd!).  We're using the American Airlines OneWorld travel program, which hooks up travelers with all their international partner airlines for RTW (around the world) trips like ours.  For us, it was easier than buying a bunch of separate one-way tickets (which would have cost a fortune). 

We have 19 flight segments in this trip, which the airline deems as one trip.  However, their computer systems can't process trips over 16 segments with E-tickets.  So, our tickets are paper tickets, handwritten by an American Airlines agent!  Handwritten!  It seems so archaic and unofficial, but we're assured that it's the only way to do it.  And, with paper tickets, you're responsible to hold onto them like gold, so they'll likely be tucked in our undies for 5 months.  And, yes, we're flying Business Class.  We're verrrrry excited about this, as some of our flights are 10, 11, and 12 hours long, and the benefits provided to passengers up in the front will help to keep these two passengers very happy and comfortable.