The third block was the price of flights from Aberdeen to Manila. Once the decision to go had been made I started tracking the cost of flights. There were several "cheap" deals with Middle East airlines involving 10 hour sight-seeing tours of airport transit lounges. I was not happy!
I identified the specific flights which were the shortest flights with the shortest layover - in Amsterdam. However these flights were £820 return for the dates we wanted. Oh dear far more than my adopted Aberdonian desire-for-more-for-less spirit was content with.
I prayed. I asked God to deal with KLM and to get the flights reduced. They stuck at that price for about three weeks. Then one day I noticed they had dropped to £706. I decided that was more like it so went to book that evening, only to discover it had fallen to £701. I was all set to book but discovered I didn't have all John's details so I had to stall. The next day I received notification that the fare for the specific flight had fallen to £539.95. I asked the Lord if I should delay in the hope of a further fall. My friend and I had a blast searching all sites to see if it would go any lower. By the time I came to finally book, I secured the flights for £523.95 - a drop of just under £300!
While the cost had not been an insurmountable block, the Lord has given us a great price and I believe all the glory is His. Two Happy Aberdonians!
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