<VV> Convention disappointment!

[RoboMan91324@aol.com]

Alan,

I haven't checked on a potential flight itinerary but sometimes you can play 
serious games with the airlines' systems.  Here's an idea.  There is nothing 
that says that you need to stay in Vegas (or wherever) and be tempted to the 
tables.  I believe that the possible cheapo flights just assume that you will be 
staying there if you come into and depart from the Vegas airport with some 
time in between.  If you schedule into Vegas in mid AM and schedule a round trip 
to the convention leaving early PM and getting back in time for your 
departure back to the UK from Vegas, it might work out for you and others.  If memory 
serves me, a round trip within the US will cost much less than they charge for 
the same round trip as part of an international flight.  You need to book 
them separately.  The only issue might be headwind to the US from the UK making 
you miss the first connection.  You need to schedule enough time in between to 
cover this as well as the time through customs.  Obviously, this assumes that 
Vegas is the cheapest flight.  You might also check the same scam from an 
airport in NY or elsewhere.  Obviously, your jetlag is an issue whatever you do.

Just some thoughts.

Doc
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In a message dated 1/11/2005 4:16:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> Message: 6
> From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson@atlas.co.uk>
> To: "Ken Campbell" <deltainc@grm.net>, <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Convention disappointment!
> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:05:26 -0000
> 
> <snip>
> However, my twin problems are a) I have no money to gamble with (although 
> the prospect of the cheap hotel rooms beckons, if I could have the 
> self-discipline to stay away from the tables!); and b) it would have to be a long weekend 
> trip, out the day before the convention started and back the day it 
> finished.
> 
> That's what makes it hard, really - even doing it like that you really lose 
> two days each way, because the trip itself takes a day or a night, you lose 8 
> hours time and you are 100% jetlagged the next day!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alan