Flight Booked!

I have my date of arrival from my school! They would like me in March 1st. It's a little later than I was hoping for, but the current ESL teacher isn't even evacuating until then. I'll be moving in later that day. I feel bad for the people who will attempt to clean the apartment in such a short amount of time!

Buut, I just booked my flight. I found one where the total travel time is only 17.5 hours! It's not a cheap ticket, but it's by no means one of the more expensive ones, either. After taxes it cost me about $998 one way. A round-trip may have been cheaper in the long run, but they would have only refunded half of the RT ticket at first and I don't have the funds for that. I am also open to the idea that I may want to stay another year. It's nice, though, because I thought I would need to book with a certain travel agent to have airport pick-up, but my recruiter told me that she would arrange for it regardless of where I booked my flight :)

The flight I chose ended up being with Delta Airlines. The cheapest and most direct flight carrier depended on which day I checked for flights out. I booked through Expedia.com, and they had this really great chart listing carry-on and checked baggage rules. I copied it and removed a few that I have never heard of. It's longer than I'd like so it's at the bottom of this post.

When I got to Delta's website, it said that the checked baggage may weigh up to 50 lbs (23 kg) and be no more than 62" (157 cm) total between the width, height, and length. Carry-on is standard, and needs to be no more than 45" (115 cm) between the width, height, and length.

Here is the baggage chart. It may help you make a better decision if you are looking at flights of similar price and duration.

Over and out!