Since apparently you hadn't yet booked next year's flight, how did you know for what time to reserve the rental Jeep for next year?
We figured we had to start somewhere. We had the dates we liked and figured we would get an early evening flight in and leave in the evening as well. It was backwards, but worked.
I'm looking forward to reading about your plans for next year's trip.
We are looking forward to next year’s trip as well, and while it will be the same length and days of the week as this one, the room will be a little bigger.
Wow, sounds like those flight attendants really had an "off" day! But making it home safe is the important part. I very much enjoy your TR's - so glad you take the time to write and share them. Your pictures, especially of the WL, are so pretty. I'll watch for your wrap up and plans for next year!
Thanks so much, we are glad that you enjoyed following along. It’s hard to complain about a first class flight, but sometimes people jay have an off day. We’ll share plans here as they come together, but we’ll repeat the same days of the week next year.
This is a great price. We always seem to pay too much because of add-ons like insurance coverage.
We have had great luck with Alamo. Once you decide on the extras (or not) at booking then the price you picked is the price you pay at the airport.
This was a Monday, right? I would think there would be a lot of people flying somewhere at that time of the day.
Yes it was, Monday evening. We got lucky.
Yes, and you don’t pay until you’re at the airport. We jumped on it because we don’t think we can beat the rate.
That was a lot of sitting in a plane. You were lucky to have cozy seats. But the people in the cheap seats were probably miserable. We fly United when we went to California last year. There is no leg room in those seats and my 6'5" son and 6'3" husband were miserable.
Crowded seats are no fun. I flew Air India for a couple of 14 plus hour flights and gained a new respect for a lack of legroom.
That was worth every penny.
It’s the way to go for LAX. In the past we have used a shuttle service and had to pay extra when the returning flight was delayed. It’s so great to have our car right there for us.
Absolutely love your trip reports! The pictures are amazing, we love Copper creek so much we also just bought more points and closed yesterday. Can’t wait for the points to load. How is your last purchase going so far?
Congratulations! You are about three weeks behind us, as ours closed on July 25th, and the points loaded yesterday on August 14th.
Sorry to hear of the of this last flight experience, it’s seems so off. We are fortunate to have decent prices from Delta here in MN as that’s our usual airline. With American Express the points add up for credits quite nicely!
That’s great. We have gotten to do Delta a few times, but looking for next year it is about 1.5 times the cost of American, and therefore hard to justify.
Can’t wait for the final update. Trip reports are great to read to help pass the time until the next trip.
We love them, and going back to them later to relive the trip and see how much fun we had.
WOW! Great tip and excellent price, thank you!
The pricing varies quite a bit over time, but if a better deal shows up you can always rebook. We have rented through Alamo with Costco many times now and continue to be impressed. It just works like it is supposed to, and the rates can be great.
