Travelocity

i'm looking up my trip to Nepal with my dad in the spring. i'm trying to find the best prices/ when to go/ shit like that. they have this feature where, if you have a flexible schedule, they'll post a really low fare, which airlines offer it, and the dates when it's available. so, i have a faretracker tracking cheap tickets out of both St. Louis and LA to Kathmandu. right now the price out of LA is around $1100. Sweet! so i go to China Airlines' calendar and click on Mar. 10th. the next thing i see is:

"No Service Available
China Airlines does not provide service between Los Angeles, CA and Kathmandu, Nepal on the selected date. Please select from the following options:...."

what the fuck is that? here's an obvious question: if China Airlines does not provide service between LA to Kathmandu on that date, why the fuck would you highlight the date as participating in the fare?

so, i've spent the better part of an hour, basically, guessing and checking. it's getting really old, really fast. i always plan my dad and my trips, but this one may be a bit beyond me. i haven't even gotten the tickets. Heaven help me when i have to book a hotel room, charter a flight to Tibet, schedule a jungle safari, AND a hotair balloon ride all from a country that rarely lists phone numbers and emails get bounced back to me. luckily, my dad and i love nothing if not an adventure. and really, how much can i complain that i'm planning all of this cool shit, in another country, is not going as smoothly as i'd like? even if the plans go to shit, we're still seeing the world.

i just think of this a field training for Mongolia.