Category: Ah, technology. You’ve made our lives so easy. No longer do we need to read a map, we can use Google Maps or Mapquest at a moment’s notice to get us from Point A to Point B. And for those of us who can’t even plan that far ahead, there’s always GPS. Computers have made traveling so easy, sometimes we forget that these systems don’t always get things right. And every once and while, you’ll see a spectacular routing failure, as I did today when booking my flight to Shanghai.
I live in Philladelphia, the home of US Airways. Domestically, I always default to them because I’m a status member, so I get all the perks that goes along with that. Not to mention, since Philly is one of their hubs, they are also one of the lowest cost airlines flying out of PHL. But in my CCMBA travels, I’ve had to step outside US Airways (except for London), and I usually fly Star Alliance member Continental. Today, I tried to book a flight from Philly to Shanghai, and here is one of the lower cost results:
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