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r/tifu • … • u/cold_in_ottawa

TIFU by booking a flight from website I now can't understand

I will be doing my first solo travel to Europe this summer and already have anxiety around this but it has to be done. To give myself flexibility to travel around, I booked two one-way trips, ultimately flying back home from Barcelona (important detail).

While I was deal hunting for flights, I found the best price for my return trip from BudgetAir -- except, because I was looking for a departure from Barcelona, it brought me to the Spanish-language version instead of the English site and my phone translated the website automatically with Google Translate. Of course, all this would not be a big deal - except I don't speak Spanish. All confirmation etc. emails are in Spanish and I cannot receive support in other languages. I have to translate every email that comes in in case it is important 😩 I knew the website was being translated, I saw the pop up on the bottom the screen from Google Translate, and I fucked up by not paying more attention and considering the repercussions the langauge of the site would have.

This has become more time consuming and anxiety inducing than expected. Guess I have 5 weeks to learn some travel Spanish? (Probably a good idea anyways tbh)

Tl;Dr - My phone translated the Spanish-language website for me to purchase a flight ticket from a Spanish-only booking site ... and I don't speak Spanish 🙃 Anxiety (and hilarity in hindsight too, I expect) ensues.

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