Yeah....I really wonder sometimes what kind of amazing things we're all missing out on, since I've been enforcing a 10PM bedtime for myself for 10+ years.
I always plan my travel so carefully, then by the time I'm at my last layover I'm like "get me home." I lucked out a couple years ago with a confirmed change to an earlier flight home. I walked through immigration, customs, and to the airline kiosk, confirmed the seat (a middle seat, but a couple traveling traded me for an aisle) then pretty much walked right onto the flight.Flights delayed so we'll see how this all goesAA has a later flight for decent miles that I may book if I feel like I need to. Has 3 seats. Traveling home is always such a pain as I just want to be there already.
...I spent the entire day freaking out and looking at other places to go, to no avail...then the next day I looked (after almost reworking the entire trip) and viola! it was down to what I'd thought it should be. So...try in a day or so (except weekends, weekends seem higher overall).
I've tried one trip the spread wasnt good enough for me it would have cost me more The problem is I plan too far in advance. And most of the time, when I look like they did, the point bonus it was more expensive. I do wish that Amex and chase did bookings past 11 months out I know I'm probably in the minority, but I'm always trying to find the best deals.
Well, I thought I was too late when I read your post until I saw that you think that 354k is reasonable. LOL. I need something lower than that!I found it was just a day...last week I was pricing things out for a trip next May and they wanted 1.4M miles
Good luck!
ETA---I have to laugh...your definition of crazy is quite different than mine-since mine is 1.4M and "reasonable" is 354K...
Perspective is everything!
Thanks for the link. I'll go read it now, although I suspect I won't like it.
You aren’t alone…my DH thinks I’m crazy to check the pricing on our flights etc once or twice a day. He says how much are you saving a few dollars…I told him I don’t care I’d rather have it in our pocket.
Hope your home soon, sounds like a really long day
Ready for my own bed and to see the boys. Tux is a pain when I'm gone, doesn't always eat breakfast or potty as often as he should. So typical stubborn doxie Any museum takes as little or much time as you want but an average of two hours per museum gives a decent overview. This could allow you to visit one institution in the late morning, go for an early tea (depending on the venue it can open as early as 2:00) and then finish your day at the second museum.
I will say, I'm not a huge museum person. My husband IS. Like the kind to read every single thing if he's interested in the content. We went to the Science & Industry in Chicago a few weeks back. We were there for 6 hours and it still wasn't enough. My DH could've probably spent all 6 hours in the U-boat exhibit to be honest, LOL. But I know this about him, and budgeted our day accordingly. We also did the Field museum, which was much like any other natural history museum we've been to (NYC, DC, etc), so we did this in just 3 hours.
I got like 1000 miles back by changing my SW flight a couple weeks ago. Nobody will talk me out of being super excited about that.
I'm not really a museum person. I would say do one museum with tea in the middle, assuming you can find one you like that is nearby. I would need a food break during museum time. If you end up having time to kill, it looks like there are gardens in the area. I'm usually happy just walking around looking at the architecture in cities though.
I think it’ll probably depend on ds’s mood. We haven’t done a ton of museums with him so I have a feeling he’ll want to mostly rush through things. I was going to plan the tea for noon but I think I’m going to push it back to 1 or 2 to give us more time and treat it more like a snack instead of lunch. I’m maybe being too ambitious for this day because I was also hoping to visit the Diana Memorial playground.
