UA Out ... SW In

The short story ...

United changed our December flight to Miami to an earlier departure ... 8:29a. It would have been OK if the flight was originating from COS ... which is a short drive away. It’s not OK for a flight originating from DEN ... which is 1.5 hours away ... if the traffic cooperates.

Back to the drawing board.

There were no other nonstop United flights that worked for us. So, I canceled the booking. The miles for the award tickets are already back in Mui's account ... the taxes & fees and the Economy+ upgrade fees are being refunded to the credit card. Easy peasy.

After checking multiple airlines, we ended up booking a nonstop Southwest flight to get us to Miami. We'll be arriving a bit later than we wanted, but it beats getting up at the crack of dawn to make an early morning flight out of DEN.Read more