Thank you very much for that information, Ruth. I checked Orbitz a couple of days ago and learned that flights from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. were going to be pretty expensive no matter what (see attachment). The difference between a non-stop flight for Nov. 16-18 versus Dec. 6-8 was only about $41 (a one-stop was significantly cheaper -- but also significantly longer).<br>
<br>However, upon further investigation a few minutes ago I discovered that I can use my American Airlines reward miles to get free flights on either the Nov. 30-Dec. 2 or Dec. 6-8 weekends, but <u>not</u> on the Nov. 16-18 weekend. So it would save me almost $600 cash if we were to change the date of our meeting.<br>
<br>While before I was fairly ambivalent, I suddenly have a burning desire to change the date.<br><br>Dan Wiener<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ruth Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bennettruthaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">bennettruthaz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Mr. Lieberman pointed out that travel the weekend before Thanksgiving is expensive. I was a travel agent for nearly 20 years and the weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most expensive travel times of the year. With that being said, here is matrix of airfares for the dates originally chosen, 2 weeks later and the weekend after that.<br>
<br><u>City______________________NOV 16-18_________________Nov 30-Dec 2_________________Dec 6-8____________________<br><br></u>Boston 180 180 180<br>
<br>Columbus 221 221 221<br><br>Austin 405 403 403<br>
<br>Tuscon 671 380 440<br><br>Las Vegas 439 366 366<br>
<br>San Francisco 528 314 314<br><br>Los Angeles 463 348 348<br>
<br><br>I did not check every city, obviously, but enough to get the idea that for anyplace in the east or mid-west, that if does not make much difference. It makes a great deal of difference to those of us in the southwest and west.<br>
<br>These fares are all from Kayak. I did not check Southwest or JetBlue and of course airfares change constantly.<br><br>A motion anyone?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Ruth<br><br> <br>
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