BWI to Key West end of March---low fare suggestions?

Hi,

The wife and I need a vacation badly--any ideas on keeping costs down
for a Thursday to Sunday trip to Key West?

Got prices RT @ $400 to $450 at onetravel and cheap tix. US Air
quoted over $700---yuk!

Any tips from you pros would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Fly to Miami and drive the rest of the way.

"BC" wrote in message
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Hi,

The wife and I need a vacation badly--any ideas on keeping costs down
for a Thursday to Sunday trip to Key West?

Got prices RT @ $400 to $450 at onetravel and cheap tix. US Air
quoted over $700---yuk!

Any tips from you pros would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

BC wrote:
Hi,

The wife and I need a vacation badly--any ideas on keeping costs down
for a Thursday to Sunday trip to Key West?

Got prices RT @ $400 to $450 at onetravel and cheap tix. US Air
quoted over $700---yuk!

Any tips from you pros would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Fly into Miami or Fort Lauderdale and drive down.

The wife and I need a vacation badly--any ideas on keeping costs down
for a Thursday to Sunday trip to Key West?

Got prices RT @ $400 to $450 at onetravel and cheap tix. US Air
quoted over $700---yuk!

Fly into Miami or Fort Lauderdale and drive down.

Yes, definitely. Orbitz has a nice feature to look for weekend fares
and it shows $184 non-stop on AA 1/29-2/1, slightly cheaper if you're
willing to change planes in odd places like Houston or Detroit. USAir
has an amazing $133 RT to FLL, but you have to return at 5:45 Sunday
morning which takes a lot of the fun out of it.

The drive from Miami down through the keys is quite pleasant so long
as you don't hit a lot of traffic. Rentals are cheap, I see rates
like $62 including tax (for the whole weekend, not per day.)

In article ,
Vincent Mossa wrote:
Fly to Miami and drive the rest of the way.

This is good advice - the drive through the keys is definitely a joy.

However, time may be a consideration. It is not exactly a fast drive;
I haven't done it in about 15 years, but ISTR it took the better part of
a day. Can someone who has done it more recently comment upon this?

It also take a long time just to get through Miami itself - before you even
get to the keys.

BWI to Key West end of March---low fare suggestions?

Group: rec.travel.air Date: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 9:09pm (EST+5) From:
(Kenny=A0McCormack)
In article ,
Vincent Mossa wrote:

Fly to Miami and drive the rest of the way.
This is good advice - the drive through the keys is definitely a joy.
However, time may be a consideration. It is not exactly a fast drive; I
haven't done it in about 15 years, but ISTR it took the better part of a
day. Can someone who has done it more recently comment upon this?
It also take a long time just to get through Miami itself - before you
even get to the keys.

Miami to Key West is 164 miles. From MIA it's all highway down to US 1
to the top of the keys. Then its about125 miles of two lane road to Key
West. Figure about 3+ hrs from MIA to KW.

Eric

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