Ugh...airfare

The dreaded airfare purchase.

At least it is for me.

It is like the biggest gamble of the whole thing. Buy now at these prices that look good, or wait and hope they go down and not up! Where can I get the perfect time? How early can I get there? AHHH! I go crazy every time.

As soon as I had my room booked I started looking. I wanted to get an idea on how the prices ran on average.

Then I started looking harder when I switched the Room Only to a Package I started looking more seriously.

Yea, yea...I know, “Best time to buy is 60 days out on a Tuesday.”...yea, that is TOO MUCH waiting for me! I would be having a heart attack!

Our trip this year in January I got an AMAZING (for the Northeast) deal on Delta, I paid $669 for 3 people round trip from Manchester. The times were great, the price was great, so I did it. We had no problems with Delta. Only little issues was our plane change in Atlanta, we landed late and had 20 min to run to another terminal for our next plane. Stress!

This time Delta's prices have been outrageous, so I decided I was going to try Southwest. Their boarding procedure worries me with a shy 9 year old, but everyone sings their praises, and their prices and flight times are the best for me.

I had been stalking Southwest for a bit when I saw that on 7 July they were extending their dates into my travel time. I was hoping for nice low prices on release day, so I was up at 5:30am. Scheduled opened up at 6:15am the prices we BAD.

Big Sigh and more on...MORE waiting.

So when Southwest had their computer issues in July I was HOPING that they would make an apology to their customers in form of a price drop once things were back up and running.

I was right (at least for my airport)!!

So I got:

7 Jan - Non-stop flight from Manchester, NH - 6:15 take off and landing in Orlando at 9:40 for $305

and

14 Jan – Non-stop flight from MCO - 1:20 take off and landing in Manchester at 4:10 for $265

Both legs include with early bird check in. I booked each leg separately so if one leg price changes then I can get the credit easier.

I could of flown out of Boston for a bit less. Here is the issue. Hubby. He will be driving Rebekah and I to the airport (and picking us up). We don't go to Boston a lot, when we do * I * drive. Hubby is not really comfortable driving from and to Boston.

Landing at 9:40am! I love getting there early!!

Buying the plane tickets for me always makes it feel like it is really going to happen!