[jyl]

Air travel, in this day of 97% load factors, gets messed up in a hurry when weather starts delaying flights and breaking connections, and it needn't be local weather. I've found myself in Detroit, being told that missed connections due to weather delays are tough luck, and the next flight home with a seat is in 3 days . . . Or I can stay at the airport overnight and then fly to Seattle next morning and figure a way home from there. So, if your trip is entirely direct flights, maybe, but if you have connections and multiple legs, I'd be wary.