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).