PADI AOW can be completed in 5 different locations with 5 different instructors over the course of an indefinite period of time. As already stated, if the drift dive was the Adventure dive after OW cert dives were completed, it counts towards Adventure Diver &/or AOW. If there was a dive involved in the Nitrox class (and it was signed off as an Adventure Dive by the instructor) it also counts. If you only need 3 dives to complete AOW any respectable instructor or shop should charge an appropriate price for 3 dives.
Where I work we charge $100 per training dive and additional charges for materials, confined water training and academics. If you have the book already 3 training dives with knowledge review sessions would be in the neighborhood of $360, vs $600 for the complete AOW class. That may sound high to many of you but it is all relative; the cheapest room here is probably more than $600/night.
Where I work we charge $100 per training dive and additional charges for materials, confined water training and academics. If you have the book already 3 training dives with knowledge review sessions would be in the neighborhood of $360, vs $600 for the complete AOW class. That may sound high to many of you but it is all relative; the cheapest room here is probably more than $600/night.