I've been watching both Flint and Metro. I love Flint too... so much less hassle! NWA out of Flint was slightly higher than Metro and AirTran is now flying direct with one non-stop each day as well. The flight times weren't the best and they were about $675 vs. the $700 with Spirit and MUCH better flight choices!
I've watched NWA go up and down from $650 to $800 when Spirit was $1800. Then, one day last week, Spirit dropped to $500 (why didn't I jump???) so I double checked NW and metro flights were all booked for our return flight (29th or 30th would work for us - we are going from 4/18 - 4/29) except for FIRST class so the NW tickets were suddenly $1600!! Flint still had flights but were not the best times and about $150 more than Spirit.
I was also a bit nervous regarding NW and their troubles. I read somewhere that if you buy tickets more than 60 days out and they do go down... the money isn't refundable!
I'm just glad the "wait" is over... I've been glued to the prices and stressing over the cost! Everything is so much more at Easter time! We originally were cruising 4/15 - 4/22. I changed it to 4/22 - 4/29 and saved $2000!!
Now we can do 4 nights at POFQ, the 7 day cruise and have a town car take us to each location... for less than the original price of the Easter cruise. Isn't that nuts?
When are you going and where are you staying? My DS (6) is being more patient than I am!! I told him he has a birthday and Christmas to get through first....
Have a GREAT day... I'm off to clean... Take care, Kim.