I was trying not to think of that! You have no idea my luck lately! The last couple vacations have been hell but it has been winter time! So fingers crossed. Actually it was quite profitable we got bumped because we were the last ones to check in even though we had been at the counter for over an hour and everyone in line behind us passed us as we waited for the slowest guy in the world to fix something! I about lost my mind and even apologized to the lady at the gate I hate acting that way. I felt much better when they wrote us a check for 3x the cost of our flight x4. Plus they gave me back my FF miles well worth the delay! Let's hope not though...
I just booked a trip for my sister and myself, I'm using one airline for the trip down and another for the trip back. I had enough points on either airline to be able to book RT, but Airline A had a better flight for the trip to MCO and Airline B had the late departure time that we wanted on our return date. Not quite the same as booking the family on different airlines but I do understand what you had to do. Sometimes you have to play around with different programs to get what you want.
