Well I just didn't like how the airfare was looking with Delta out of Detroit, so we opted to fly out of Toronto non-stop for $1010 pp on Air Canada. My wife is Canadian so we will drive up the evening before and my in-laws will drive us to and from the airport. Delta is still a good two weeks out from releasing info for our return flight on the 29th (we are staying a couple extra days in Barcelona after the cruise), and the airfare is currently $1500+ for a return on the 15th and we would have to connect in JFK, ATL, Paris or Amsterdam.
I told my wife all along that if I see anything under $1000 we should grab it, so I am ok with the price and it's non-stop. We will arrive Fri morning at 7:30am so I am hoping that if for some reason there are delays leaving Toronto, we will still have enough of a buffer for the Saturday cruise departure. I would have liked to have arrived Thursday morning instead but my wife is only allowed 10 work days off in the summer and they made an exception for her and she is getting 12 days off. No way she was going to get 13 days.
They are refundable tickets with a $300 pp penalty but I doubt there will be anything that low to warrant getting rid of a non stop itinerary. I know the early release rates usually are higher and then come down later but with 6 of us, I just didn't want to take a chance. Hitting that final payment button was exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. Makes the trip that much more real! Never thought I would have to spend over $6000 for airfare. This trip will be so expensive for us and our future vacations for a while will be pretty low key but we are so excited about it!
Of course I will still be checking out airfare out of Detroit just to see how that all pans out. Can't help myself.
