Sofie -

You hvae this listed as a trip report - rather than a question.

You need to ask the editors to change this.

Separately, there is a strike between owners and players in the professional hockey league - so there is no hockey in the US at the moment. Depending on what happens in the next few days - they may cancel the season entirely.

If you are talking about some other type of hockey - college or something - you would have to tell us where the game will be. (Although I did't know Texas schools had hockey teams.) Texas has many airports and you would need to provide more info.

For info on best choice of tickets have a look at kayak.com.

Professional Ice hockey? If so, do you know that there is a lockout and no games are being played? And if you do want a PRO game, why in Texas?

Fly SAS to either Newark, Dulles [Washington DC] or O'Hare and watch a game there, if they start playing again. To travel to TX would require another flight on a US airline.

I mean Texas Stars

AHL TEAM IN AUSTIN

They have a game on 6
January

Buying a ticket from Sweden to US in just a few days is going to be very expensive. You will then have to buy another ticket to TX.

[Is this a serious request?]

Yes! I'm gonna surprise a friend who will go to the same game

Before he will return home to sweden

use kayak.com to find flights as was mentioned above; depending on how long you stay - airfare is around US$1300. Flight time is 18 hours plus so you better pack and get to the airport soon.

Cant wait to see my friend and kiss him, hope i find a ticket

Hmmm, he might surprise you.

Surprise me

What do ya mean surprise me? Do ya Think he will Coming home to Sweden?

I just realized that Sweden is the home of trolls....

I hope he dont surprise his girlfriend! I wanna visit him

Trolls???

Why is Sweden home of trolls

Troll = this is such an odd request that Debit thinks you are joking. But its just crazy enough that I believe you!

You need to get a ticket to Austin Texas, from wherever you are -- this close to travel day it will be very expensive, and possibly more than one change, which makes for a long day of travel.

Once there you probably will want to rent a car, or pay for very expensive taxi rides. (There may be some kind of shuttle service). The Stars' arena is in Cedar Park, TX which is a few miles north of Austin.

It would also be possible to fly to Houston TX (or even Dallas) and then drive to Cedar Park, if flights work better. But the drive is 1 to 3 hours.

Will not have trouble getting a ticket to an AHL hockey game in Texas. It's about as popular as hockey is in Spain, I would imagine -- I went to an AHL game in Las Vegas once, and it was similar to high school hockey in Massachusetts.

Have fun!

Boyfriend have a car so i dont need to rent a car,

Thing is he miss me and wanted me to come over so said yes!

But he Think i come another day so i can surprise

No Swede I've ever known speaks 'pidgin English'

sofie - your stories are getting crossed - He doesn't know you are coming, but he has a car so you don't need one, but then again he knows you are coming, but just another day . . .

It is getting pretty deep in here.

You have several flights ahead of you - at least 3 but probably more -- you'd better get to work booking.

Just took a quick look at Kayak and the best fare seems to be about $1800 in coach. You would need to leave a day or two in advance since the trip is about 23 hours - Stockholm to London Heathrow to either NY or DC to Dallas and then to Austin - so 4 flights. I would be afraid of some sort of problem in the flights and would leave on the 4th so you are sure of getting there by the 6th.

And I would definitely not travel without being sure he can pick you up - since getting around Texas without a car is practically impossible.

Oh, and am not a hockey fan - but since there is a boyfriend in the picture I think the hockey is actually immaterial.

And I'm sure he can get you a free ticket - all the players are given freebies - esp for teams with practically no audience.

Where does she say he is on the team?

oh that's true - sofie only said the friend will be AT the same game . . .

Why would one be at such a game unless one was on the team? And want one's girlfriend to be there?

This whole thread is a mystery. Still not sure it's on the up and up.

I also don't think she was hoping she would get a "ticket" she was talking about ticket to game, but airline ticket.

He is not in the team!! He is collage

Im not talking about game ticket!

This is total B.S. Swedes, especially college-aged, speak better English than a lot of Americans I've known.

Yes - and she started out saying she is going to a hockey game - as if that is the objective of the trip - not meeting a boyfriend.

And agree that the Swedes I know do have much better English.

we plan to go and look at the game together with a friend!

Oh, so now the boyfriend knows you're coming? So much for SURPRISE!

sofie: We can keep track of your story better than you can

its to long to travel for surprise so i had to tell him,

sure you did

This is priceless and I love the "accent" and fact that your English is mis-mashed to sound "authentic" LOL Love it!

I havent write in English for 4 years,

I dont have much luck when it comes to travel! Maybe not going!

Don't get discouraged.

Oh, don't give up. Everything is bigger in Texas. . .
Though even tall Texas tales seem more believable.

i´m looking for a free ticket for next week

Look back at OP. she wasn't asking how to travel - she is asking for a free ticket. Only difference - she wants to fly from Norway.

Look what I found while looking for something on TA:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g1-i10702-k6003333-Free_Ticket-Air_Travel.html

And

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g28964-i75-k5998888-U_s_trip-Texas.html#46119754

At least the moderators on Trip Advisor closed the topics fairly quickly.

Wow! That's what my DH would call "cheeky"!!

A FREE ticket??? Are you mad?

How would you get a FREE ticket with no advance time? What airline programs are you a member of? How many points have you earned?

If you mean you want a PERSON to give you a free ticket - I suggest asking your boyfriend - if that's who you are going to see.

Totally trollish!

Let's see what she comes up with next.

he said: try in american travel forum, they are nice people, i´m not supposed to give you one ticket

well, its time to tell him that i´m not coming and he will be sad cos he miss me

Because she somehow thought "someone" was going to give her a free ticket to fly roundtrip, last minute to TX. Good luck with that...

it didnt get what i did hope for

Hey - anyone have a spare ticket to Buenos Aires?

Sofie -

I would really like to have a brand new bright red Ferrari. Do you or your friends have one you can give me?

Or will I be disappointed? Boo hoo hoo!

I wish the trolls would at least be amusing - not just stupid!

Remember Tipping the Pilot?