[Rick Lee]

If I'm flying for personal reasons and paying for it myself, I also check the +/- 3 days option on each end and also other airports nearby.

While I do find most flights to be full these days, I really don't think flying is that expensive. I've already flown to the east coast twice this year and both times, roundtrip flights were under $500. Think about that. 5000 miles roundtrip for under $500. That sounds pretty good to me. I flew to San Jose and back last week for $200. I couldn't do it cheaper on the motorcycle in 5x the amount of time.