In an ideal world, I’d prefer the 1:15 flight, as that would get me back home perhaps even in time for Thanksgiving Dinner with (the rest of) my family! But I just wasn’t sure I could make it through the parade madness and back to Midway in time. The flight to Chicago was easy – there were a variety of flights there that got me to Chicago in time (I’ll certainly beat the bus there! :-D)īut the way back was trickier. Since there is an awesome Southwest cancellation policy, I knew I wouldn’t be out anything if I needed to cancel or change. Now that Southwest has opened up their schedule through November, I took advantage of the recent Southwest fare sale and booked tickets. Now that Southwest flies out of Cincinnati (with direct flights to Chicago Midway), that seemed like the obvious move. So I’m wondering if I should use Arrival miles for that and save my 24,000 SPG points for another time. Perhaps this is the opposite of Super Bowl hotel deals, where CASH is much better than points. There are also many other hotels nearby that are pretty cheap as well.
One interesting thing I noticed is that when I search for my dates, the Sheraton Grand Chicago can be had for $160 / night (after taxes). Travel Hacking the school trip – hotelsįirst off, I immediately booked 2 nights at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, which is the hotel where everyone is staying at and is within a mile of the parade route.
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But once the parade is over, they are released to parents and then we’re free to do whatever we want. Of course the travel hacker in me doesn’t want to bother DRIVING from Cincinnati to Chicago – that’s what I got all these points for! I am not allowed to fly her to Chicago – the package for the school says that they all have to go together on the bus. They are driving up during the week and returning back immediately after the parade. My daughter’s school marching band has been invited (accepted?) to play in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago this year.
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