pumpkinboy
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So I am finalizing things for our BWV/VB trip over MLK Day weekend in January, and DW announces that we need to fly out of Boston Early in the morning (but not too early) so thyat we get a full day in Florida on the first day of our 5 day weekend.
So Delta/Song, who we love!, was having a sale so sadly the 8:30 flight was chock full already and so their pricing madates that the price goes up, in this case from $77 some for the empty flights up to 125 some for the one we wanted. Waiting for the 11:30 ish flight would not suit DW, so we went over an looked at the JetBlue fares, and nabbed one quoted at $99 (ends up at $104.60 for the one-way with taxes and fees) for a flight at 9:10am. It was time to give JetBlue a try anyway and the time was better, giving us 2 hours+ more time away from New England in January.
Now for the way back to Boston, we got in on the sale and scored the one-way for $77.60 including all taxes and fees, and we figured a 3:15 flight ought to give us time to get back from Vero Beach and get us into MCO before the big rush on security after 2ish.
So there we are, a blended BOS-MCO round-trip costing $182.20 which is a pretty decent fare considering we got exactly the times and dates we wanted. The standard r-t fare on this route we have found to be around $200-$210, so we were satisfied with the savings. Yeah it would have been nicer to go for the $155.20 if we had bought earlier or taken a different flight. So we figure those extra 2 hours at WDW cost each of us $27, or $13.50 an hour (all the other costs are fixed costs so the really is the whole difference). IMO the extra hour of vacation is well worth the $13.50, especially since we have APs and will spend the extra time all 4 of us together at WDW.
So, perhaps the TSA will check us more thoroughly bcs of the one-way tix, but we're an awefully charming family (if I do say so myself) so I wonder how much extra time it will really take us. Wish me luck!
So Delta/Song, who we love!, was having a sale so sadly the 8:30 flight was chock full already and so their pricing madates that the price goes up, in this case from $77 some for the empty flights up to 125 some for the one we wanted. Waiting for the 11:30 ish flight would not suit DW, so we went over an looked at the JetBlue fares, and nabbed one quoted at $99 (ends up at $104.60 for the one-way with taxes and fees) for a flight at 9:10am. It was time to give JetBlue a try anyway and the time was better, giving us 2 hours+ more time away from New England in January.
Now for the way back to Boston, we got in on the sale and scored the one-way for $77.60 including all taxes and fees, and we figured a 3:15 flight ought to give us time to get back from Vero Beach and get us into MCO before the big rush on security after 2ish.
So there we are, a blended BOS-MCO round-trip costing $182.20 which is a pretty decent fare considering we got exactly the times and dates we wanted. The standard r-t fare on this route we have found to be around $200-$210, so we were satisfied with the savings. Yeah it would have been nicer to go for the $155.20 if we had bought earlier or taken a different flight. So we figure those extra 2 hours at WDW cost each of us $27, or $13.50 an hour (all the other costs are fixed costs so the really is the whole difference). IMO the extra hour of vacation is well worth the $13.50, especially since we have APs and will spend the extra time all 4 of us together at WDW.
So, perhaps the TSA will check us more thoroughly bcs of the one-way tix, but we're an awefully charming family (if I do say so myself) so I wonder how much extra time it will really take us. Wish me luck!
