Dollars and Cents

I have always bought airplane tickets through a travel agent or through a website. The latter of the two is where the cheaper tickets are which is why I shop online. I know the Christmas season is pricey for traveling international but $1,855 for a ticket? That's a bit excessive. Especially when I found out, via MiYoung, that I could buy the same ticket for around $1,100 (1,150,000 Won) after tax. I also found that if I had a few more days off and done this about a month ago, I could have flown for around $700.

I'll take my ticket for $750 cheaper than US websites offer, thank you.

I have known for awhile that the value of the Won is getting stronger. The amount of Won you can buy with a Dollar has been decreasing (in favor of the Koreans) for years. This has been a bummer for me going from Dollars -> Won, but now that my paycheck is coming in as Won, I am smiling all the way to the bank. That coupled with the fact that the value of the Dollar is decreasing, and I realize the paycheck is getting a little more valuable each month, which gets me that much closer to paying off my student loans.