Saved by the deposit
Many months ago, I put a $250 deposit down towards my London Study trip. It was so long ago that I had completely forgotten about it. In fact, I thought the money had been incorporated into the program fee.
Not so! I just received a $250 check in the mail!
Jordan’s advice: “don’t spend it all in one place.” With two major and many more minor expenses over the next month and a half vying for attention, that should be the least of my problems. :-)
(Of course, I gave the program $250 when the dollar was at about $1.5/£ and I’m getting it back at $1.9/£, so they made roughly $52 on the transaction. Oh, well.)