A few years ago I won plane tickets from Orbitz in a Disney contest, which I gladly accepted. Then I tried to book my trip from here to there, even using several different departure airports. The tickets were not valid on non-stop flights. That should have been enough right there to make me call Orbitz and give them back the prize, but I kept checking to see what I could get. The least number of stops those tickets would get me was THREE! Can you believe it? What could have been a two-hour flight was turning into a nightmare. One route they gave me involved FIVE stops and almost 24 hours from the time I departed the first airport until I landed in Orlando. I totally lost respect for Orbitz with that "prize." Needless to say, we never used the tickets (and they weren't donatable to charities, like some tickets are). I ended up having to claim them as income on our taxes even though they were never used because Orbitz filed a 1099. (I found out a year later that I could have asked Orbitz to rescind the 1099, so I chalked this up to an expenseive lesson learned in the world of sweepstaking.)
Once again, with all you folks talking about the issues with flying, I am glad we are driving (even though I will most likely be a nervous wreck when we get there).
glad to see you on here again! Our trips last year we missed each other, but I loved reading your PTR! This year they overlap a bit! Hope your boys are doing well
Won't you be on the cruise 4/7?
