Fliegeflüge Employee: Welcome to Fliegeflüge.
My name is Katja. How can I help you?
In today’s video Rainer takes another step on his way to living in Germany.
He will book a flight to Germany.
He could do that online. Then he would simply have to google and pick his flight and pay for it.
That doesn’t help his German, however.
Therefore Rainer will try to book the flight without a computer.
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Intermediate German with Herr Antrim #6: Rainer books his flight
Rainer: I know that I could book a flight quite easily online,
but I want to practice German.
Therefore I am calling the airline “Fliegeflüge” (Bowtie Flights).
I will attempt to book my flight to Germany over the phone.
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(mumbles)
Fliegeflüge Automated Menu: Welcome to Fliegeflüge. Willkommen bei Fliegeflüge.
For German press one.
Für Englisch drücken Sie die zwei.
If you would you like to change an existing booking or cancel it,
please press one.
For support with online or mobile check-in, please press two.
If you need support with the functionality of fliegeflüge.com or the Fliegeflüge App,
please press three.
For all other questions, please press four.
(presses 4)
Fliegeflüge Employee: Welcome to Fliegeflüge.
My name is Katja. How can I help you?
Rainer: Hello. My name is Rainer.
I would like to book a flight, but I don’t have a computer.
Is it possible to book a flight on the phone?
Fliegeflüge Employee: Yes. That’s possible.
Rainer: I would like to do that. What do I have to do?
Fliegeflüge Employee: You tell me where you would like to go,
then I gather your credit card or IBAN (International Bank Account Number)
and depending upon when the flight is,
you can pay with credit card or debit.
Rainer: I would like to fly to Berlin
and the departure airport is St. Louis, Missouri.
Fliegeflüge Employee: And when is the flight intended to be?
Rainer: On Thursday of next week.
Fliegeflüge Employee: That is then the 25th.
Rainer: Yes, exactly.
Fliegeflüge Employee: And do you also need a return flight or just the outbound flight?
Rainer: Only the outbound flight.
Fliegeflüge Employee: One moment.
How many people are traveling?
Rainer: Only one.
Fliegeflüge Employee: One adult. I assume.
Rainer: Yes.
Fliegeflüge Employee: Economy or Business class, what would you like?
Rainer: Economy.
Fliegeflüge Employee: One moment. I will look what I can find for you.
For example: there would be a flight from St. Louis to Newark at 11:12 in the morning
and then from Newark to Berlin where you would be at 7:50 on the next morning.
Rainer: How much does it cost?
Fliegeflüge Employee: One moment. Let me look…
I can offer it to you for €2996.90.
(Rainer gapes.)
Rainer: Excuse me?
Fliegeflüge Employee: That would be €2996.90 for the outbound flight.
Rainer: And that is just from St. Louis to Berlin?
Fliegeflüge Employee: Exactly. The only outbound flights are always a bit more expensive than the round trip flights, I would say.
Rainer: Is there a less expensive option?
Fliegeflüge Employee: Let me check. One moment.
I am searching to see if there is anything else.
I’m sorry I can’t offer anything else.
Do you have to go on the 25th in any case, or would it work a bit later?
Rainer: Unfortunately I can’t do later.
I could do earlier, but not later.
Fliegeflüge Employee: Yes. It would be beneficial, if you would fly later.
Booking a return flight anytime, if you could book that, would also be an idea.
Rainer: Hmmm.
I think I can’t afford that.
I will search through my other options and see if I can find something better.
Fliegeflüge Employee: Yes. Of course. Have a nice evening.
Rainer: Thank you. Bye.
(Rainer gapes.)
Rainer: My goodness. Why is it so expensive?
I’ll google it.
Flights from St. Louis to Berlin on the 25th.
There are a few options under €1000.
I don’t know these airlines,
but that isn’t that important.
As long as the flight arrives in Berlin and I can look at this apartment with Trixi,
I don’t care if it has all the bells and whistles.
If I go with a well-known airline,
it costs about €2500,
but that is still cheaper than with Fliegeflüge.
Let’s see what happens if I search for a round trip flight.
That is cheaper than if I book a one-way ticket and that includes both flights.
But I don’t know when I will come back.
How much does it cost if I book a flight around the Christmas time
and, if I need to, change it later?
It costs €200 if I have to rebook.
That is still better than €3000
and I will eventually come back.
Flights during Christmas time, however, cost twice as much as they do in October.
It is expensive until the middle of January.
Than the prices are normal again.
I will book my return flight in February
and rebook it
when I know when I will fly back.
In my next video I will pack my luggage,
but next week Herr Antrim will be talking about conjunctions again.
This time he is talking about a few other subordinating conjunctions.
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