I've never been to SDCC either but we've done NYCC for the last two years in a row, and are going again this year. We do the Sunday "Kids Day" because we can get a discounted ticket for my DD9 (younger DD is 5, so she's still free for this year). We don't even go to panels or anything, just walk around the show floor and do whatever kids' activities they have, and it's still a lot of fun.
Sounds like fun, and I'm jealous of your completed plans! I was waiting for JetBlue's schedule release to book flights for our February break trip to either Aruba or Grand Cayman, but the prices are absolutely astronomical. I didn't think they'd be cheap, because it is President's Week and going south from here in the winter is always pricey, but there is some serious price gouging going on. I'm talking $1200 per person RT to Aruba, and over $800pp to Grand Cayman. For connecting flights. In economy. I had checked the prices for other weeks (holiday weeks, even) to get an idea, and they were around $400-$500 RT. I'm not married to Jet Blue, but prices on Delta, American, & Southwest aren't any better. Maybe I'm out of touch and that's what I should expect to pay to fly to the Caribbean from NYC that week, but I don't even have enough UR points for 4 tickets at those prices.
I'm keeping the hotel reservations I have with Marriott for now, and will keep watching the flights to see if the come down, but we're also looking at other options. One I'm looking at is Puerto Rico, and trying to book the St. Regis Bahia Beach for 60,000 Starriott points/night after the merger. I didn't think I'd be one of the people trying for those high-end redemptions but I may give it a shot! Should I preemptively transfer all of my SPG points into Marriott now so they're already pooled whenever the transfer happens?
This is tempting. What are BoA's rules for time between cards? I opened this card in 12/2016 & closed it in 12/2017. Can I get it again yet? I still have almost 15K points left from the last 30K bonus I got, but booking for 4 people takes a chunk of points. I used my companion coupon to book a trip for just DW & I next month to save the points for another time.
PS - Still no Marriott Premier Plus decision for me.