So I have a booking dilemma to deal with for our return next year.
We will be in Orlando and want to fly home to MAN on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd September. Reward seats at decent prices are in short supply, and having done some dummy bookings we are highly unlikely to get anything direct home in PE on those days ( here are 5 of us).
The current situation that we have is that I could book EC direct from MCO for 39k which I would feel somewhat robbed of my points, but is the simpler option, or PE from JFK for the same points. My Daughter wants to do JFK for the better seats which feels like better use of my points but I'm honestly not sure these days if there is any advantage to flying home PE, particularly when you have to get a connection. Our last few flights home from MCO we have been in either PE or UC and have been told that EC is 'virtually empty', which suggests to me that there is probably more space to relax in EC than there is in PE.
I was also sort of holding out for the idea that closer to the time some decently priced UC seats may become available from MCO which I could then switch to, but this is maybe a pipe dream? Possibly there is more chance of this from JFK but MCO has 2 flights and JFK only 1.
What would you do in the situation - MCO direct EC or via JFK PE? Thanks
We will be in Orlando and want to fly home to MAN on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd September. Reward seats at decent prices are in short supply, and having done some dummy bookings we are highly unlikely to get anything direct home in PE on those days ( here are 5 of us).
The current situation that we have is that I could book EC direct from MCO for 39k which I would feel somewhat robbed of my points, but is the simpler option, or PE from JFK for the same points. My Daughter wants to do JFK for the better seats which feels like better use of my points but I'm honestly not sure these days if there is any advantage to flying home PE, particularly when you have to get a connection. Our last few flights home from MCO we have been in either PE or UC and have been told that EC is 'virtually empty', which suggests to me that there is probably more space to relax in EC than there is in PE.
I was also sort of holding out for the idea that closer to the time some decently priced UC seats may become available from MCO which I could then switch to, but this is maybe a pipe dream? Possibly there is more chance of this from JFK but MCO has 2 flights and JFK only 1.
What would you do in the situation - MCO direct EC or via JFK PE? Thanks
