Oh … my … goodness. Who needs exercise when you do what I did last week? I booked airline tickets for our family trip from Denver to Orange County, Calif. to visit our family later this summer. That might have been the most difficult thing I ever did.
It wasn’t nearly as simple as booking a trip for five passengers. There were a few special circumstances, to say the least. I dare you to try to read this without getting dizzy.
Here’s the challenge — we’re all five going out on the same flight. I’m coming back after five days. Two weeks later, Tiff (my wife), Jack and Ava are coming back. A week after that, Benjamin is coming back after an extra week with his grandparents.
We’re all going on Southwest — I love their flexibility. If you ever need to change your flight or cancel a trip, you get credit for what you spent on a previous flight. Of course, if you ever need to book for a family of five with everybody heading out on the same flight, three separate return trips, two people using travel credit and four people using frequent-flyer points, you’re in for a headache. That’s not even counting the vouchers I checked on, but couldn’t use. [Read more…]