Korea plane tix

I mentioned previously that my mom was hoping to visit Korea this year. The timing seemed to work out well as she recently lost her job. That sounds ironic, right? Shouldn't she be buckling down on the dollars as someone who is newly jobless? But mom is one of the many low wage, low skill immigrant workers in this country who are employed by ethnic businesses that don't offer benefits- including paid time off. So being laid off actually meant she had this window open to take a trip, the first in five years. She has the money for the trip saved and should hopefully be able to find another job doing what she has been for the last 10+ years (working at a dry cleaners) fairly easily when she comes back.

Anyways, I had been searching online for plane tickets for her, and everything I saw from Baltimore to Seoul was around the $1,200 range. Reasonable for the distance, but I was able to go last October 2015 for around $950 (flying out from Chicago) and I was hoping to find something closer to that number. Well wouldn't you know it, the day after I almost went ahead and bought tix at $1,150, I saw round trip tickets thru Delta for... $763.16 (including all taxes and fees- no baggage charges for international flights)! The only compromise is that they fly out of Reagan and not BWI, but still totally worth it. Holy cow, what a STEAL of a deal! After a quick phone conference I snatched those babies up. The best part is that my dad, who actually hasn't been back to Korea in about 25 years, decided to go as well! And at that price it was totally manageable. I am so happy for them!

My favorite flight aggregators to search for international deals are kayak.com and skyscanner.com. Please let me know if you use other sites to find good deals!