Buying plane tickets, quite frankly, can just be the worst.  You want to get a good deal with a reasonable flight time, but for some reason, it just seems like too much to ask for.  You usually end up compromising on something.  Either you take the low priced ticket for an extra 10 hours of travel time, or you fork out a ridiculous amount of money just so you can get in to your destination before all the rental car places close.  Is is too much to ask for to get a reasonably-priced airline ticket with a good airline, and just have things go smoothly?  The answer is yes… yes it is too much to ask for.

So this week, my “ode to purchasing airline flights” consists of five things that are confusing, upsetting or nonsensical about purchasing airline tickets. I’m sure every person can relate to these.