Inexperienced Flyer Question

[dutch_girl_scout]

Our family is going to WDW for the second time in December, we want to visit the parks a few days before our cruise. Last time we did land/sea, we bought our air as part of our Disney package. I've been reading that I should book it on my own to save money. My TA has our 7-day cruise reservation and is once again suggesting to buy Disney's air even though we would need a deviation to fly down early. The rates for our departure date (Dec 7) are out but not our return date (Dec 16), they come out this weekdend. Should I insist that my TA book air seperate or should I just do it myself and tell her not to worry about it? If I book an airline such as Midwest (we're flying out of DSM) and they go bankrupt or something in the next 11 months, am I just out of luck? As you can tell, I haven't ever booked air and am not sure what to do. TIA for any advice/info that you have.

 

[CarolynK]

You will always save on airfare if you book it yourself. We only booked once thru the cruise line, and ended up not sitting together on the return flight (our honeymoon!).

Midwest Airlines is the only airline we fly (for the past 6-7 years). It is smallish, but I don't think you have to worry about them going out of business. You can easily book via their website. They are a very nice, friendly airline. Do it yourself!! You can even coose your own seats.

I just checked their website...I put in a return date of 12/14 because, as you said, the 16th isn't out yet. It is $198 pp.

 

[TheWog]

I would make the reservations yourself. Never book the cruise airline tickets as you can always (alright 99.9%) do better yourself. Check out trip insurance and if your airline is not on the list as not being covered you can get your money back. Also, if you use a credit card you get some protections that way. If your TA doesn't want to do it for you, do it yourself.