I’m back from Florida….got home last night….but not as expected.
I was tracking not only my flight from Orlando back to Philadelphia, but also always track where your plane is coming in from at that time. Last night my Frontier flight (that airline flies fairly often and very inexpensive between PHL and many Florida destinations) was coming down from Philadelphia…and was getting constantly delayed. I was supposed to get home at 10:30pm, then it was 11pm, then 11:30pm, and then around midnight. I didn’t like what I was seeing. That round trip flight only cost me about $100. So I looked to see if anything else was flying back home. Spirit Airlines…another inexpensive carrier…has a 7:30pm flight getting home at 10pm…for about $100. SOLD!
Of course that flight was getting slightly delayed as we sat on runway but only a little and plane was more than half empty…so we landed at 10:15pm…I ran off plane, got to the parking lot, and was home by 11pm.
To me, that was worth the $100. Depends what you think is worth dealing with and what options you have available.
There are many decent flight apps and websites to monitor this stuff. I use Flight Aware (https://www.flightaware.com/) and it serves me well.
Bottom line…I’m back from the Florida sun and into the New Jersey frozen tundra. Happy Weekend everyone!!
Hanging in the Florida sunshine by my buddy’s pool with his awesome pets
The winter wonderland that is still NJ
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