Southwest Splendors - Air Question

[wdwsos]

Hi all,

For those of you who have done the Southwest Splendors, do you have any travel tips for the return flight? I have a client flying back to Hartford, CT, and on every day but their departure date there's a flight with only one connection. On theirs, the flight to Phoenix is moved to an earlier time, so the timing doesn't work -- so I have a couple in their 70s connecting in both Phoenix and Charlotte. Not good.

Alternately, I can get them nonstop on USAir to Phoenix, but if I want only one connection on the way back, it's AA at over $800 one-way. Ugh.

So... I just wondered if anyone added a day on their own in Grand Junction, or if there was a clever way to get to another airport that is escaping me. These folks aren't frequent travelers, so I'm trying to make the departure as simple as possible. I don't want them to remember the whole trip by the way it ended!

Thanks in advance!

Dotti

 

[tickledtink33]

Hi Dotti

I took the Southwest Splendors tour this past August and I also traveled to and from Hartford. I returned on US Airways connecting in Phoenix. If this is not available, the only other possibility I remember seeing is for them to return on Frontier airlines connecting in Denver. I do not know Frontier's flight schedule so it's possible this won't work for them either. There was another family on my tour that accidentally booked their flight for the day after the tour ended. They decided to book a hotel in Grand Junction that was not to far from the airport. Since the hotel was so close to the airport, our guides and motorcoach driver dropped them off at the hotel after bringing everyone else to the airport. I hope this helps and that they enjoy their trip. It was great.

Kim

 

[Aunt Cawa]

Last year, we used the multi destination fare option instead of returing to Phoenix. We flew from Newark, NJ to Phoenix then flew Grand Junction to Denver and then back to Newark. This option was cheaper and the schedule better then trying to get back to Phoenix. You might want to try pricing out this option. HTH.

 

[battenburg]

If the price is high, I'd recommend a night in Grand Junction. Hotels are really reasonable, Main Street area is cute, and there are some great restaurants.