artnbarb
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I've been searching for the right itinerary for the least amount of miles for our flight back to the states next fall. It seems that even if all the flights are on time and the schedules don't change, the earliest we could possibly arrive in Tampa from Rome would be 9 p.m. That's just one very long day, and flying west is much easier for me than flying east! I usually binge watch 3-4 movies on the way home, so the time passes quickly.
As you might expect, the itineraries requiring the fewest miles also require at least one plane change, usually two for us. How I envy the people who live in Philly when the plane lands!!! Being the miser than I am, I want to use the fewest miles possible, and was recently tempted by a FCO-LHR-DFW-TPA route. This would require an overnight at the Dallas/Ft Worth airport, and we would arrive in Tampa before noon the next day.
So - for the price of an airport motel, I can have a less stressful return? I think I'm going to do this from now on! Previously my goal was simply to get home as quickly as possible, but now that we're retired, what difference does a day make? I did see some itineraries that had you overnight in London or Madrid, but there just wasn't enough time to go into the city, then the next day you still had a long transatlantic flight PLUS the domestic flight home, still not arriving until 9 p.m. The overnight in the states makes much more sense, especially for me as a non-morning person. I'll still be on Italian time, so I'll wake up bright and early.
Why did it take me so long to figure this out???
As you might expect, the itineraries requiring the fewest miles also require at least one plane change, usually two for us. How I envy the people who live in Philly when the plane lands!!! Being the miser than I am, I want to use the fewest miles possible, and was recently tempted by a FCO-LHR-DFW-TPA route. This would require an overnight at the Dallas/Ft Worth airport, and we would arrive in Tampa before noon the next day.
So - for the price of an airport motel, I can have a less stressful return? I think I'm going to do this from now on! Previously my goal was simply to get home as quickly as possible, but now that we're retired, what difference does a day make? I did see some itineraries that had you overnight in London or Madrid, but there just wasn't enough time to go into the city, then the next day you still had a long transatlantic flight PLUS the domestic flight home, still not arriving until 9 p.m. The overnight in the states makes much more sense, especially for me as a non-morning person. I'll still be on Italian time, so I'll wake up bright and early.
Why did it take me so long to figure this out???