April 2019

[ukran1ans]

Great thoughts.... I usually fly with only JetBlue and Southwest - often a split as in the case for this trip... I'll fly down with SW and pay for that with points, and I booked my flight home with JetBlue already because even though the price was a little high, it wasn't outrageous and since I have the points with SW it's basically the total cost for round trip. I was originally planning to book both flights with points but had a situation in FLL in June and needed a flight fast so I dumped a lot of points into that... I also book early because I want to pick my favorite seats, and in the case of SW, if the price goes down, you can get a credit for the balance.

Not sure if you were the inspiration but I did check flights yesterday and found a $450 round trip from buffalo (usually it's around $600) and booked it immediately for April thru expedia (using multiple airlines... Jetblue & american). Not a big fan of Southwest since they have a few more seating rows than the other airlines and my legs get really cramped on their planes. I used my American points for my trips previous to April. Just have to see now what hotel I'm booking (leaning towards Whites Sands as usual but I do have friends staying at Yellow bird).