According to Wikipedia, that source of so much information, even if not considered a suitable reference for term papers and legal briefs, the expression "The devil is in the details" isn't as ancient as we two would have thought. It's derived from an earlier expression, "God is in the details."
The general idea is that details can be complicated and devilishly cause problems, and that whatever we do we should do thoroughly, which is a divine objective!
We would append to those precepts the reminder that attending to travel details can also be profitable. Two very recent examples come to mind as we prepare to fly to Cyprus on British Airways.
We have long shared the importance of reviewing flight and hotel reservations regularly and right up to departure and beyond. By doing so, we have just managed to correct a BA seating error on one of our flights, and save ourselves a significant amount of money on one of our hotel reservations.
Our flights are YVR-LHR-LCA with an overnight at LHR in both directions. In other words, we're flying from Vancouver to London Heathrow to Larnaca, Cyprus.
Checking our BA flight reservations three days beforehand, we suddenly noticed the seats on the five-hour LHR-LCA leg had been changed.
We had each mysteriously been re-seated in window seats on opposite sides of the plane and a row apart. We couldn't change them online and called BA. Fortunately, we got through quickly and an apologetic rep. fixed what he called a computer problem. Our reservation shows us seated together again.
Second, in checking prices at the LHR Sofitel we're planning to stay in both ways, we noticed that the price had dropped for the night of our return stay. That resulted from spotting an "app countdown meter" promotion that revealed a large discount for booking on the app, a new gimmick to us.
We rebooked, saving about US $40 in the process and bringing the price of a supposed 5-star hotel in one of the world's largest airports down into the affordable range.
Regular readers will have read this advice before, not at all unique to us. We do think it bears repeating.
The savings are in the details? That's not as catchy a phrase as invoking the devilish or the divine, but it works for us.
