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Permalink Reply by susanm(ZEKESMOM) on
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That depends on whether your recruit will be grad and go. We booked our flight and hotel for the entire weekend and found out a week before graduation that our sailor would be grad and go. We got to see him for about 6 hrs after graduation and then he had to get back to the base, pack and he was taken to the airport to go to A school. It was going to be too expensive to change to an earlier flight home so we hung around Great Lakes and did some shopping for a few days. It wasn't so bad. I would wait as long as you feel comfortable waiting to book your flight. The hotels will be more flexible about changing reservations but unless you are willing to pay for a flexible flight it could be very expensive to try to change it. I didn't realize how many flights left each day from our airport and how easy it was to get flights closer to the departure date or I would have waited until I knew more to book our flight.
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Permalink Reply by Corina on
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depending on where you are flying from Southwest Airlines has no change fees and luggage is free and when I looked them up from texas flights were $119 round trip.
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Permalink Reply by Navy Mom Sandi on
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flight prices change daily. you have to book it when you see a good price. You have to know when your child is going to their next A school. Is it in IL?? If not they may leave Sat.or Sunday. Usually Saturday. It s not very long together, that s for sure.
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Permalink Reply by ochaos on
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Best time to book flights is Tuesday night or Wed. morning. Wait until they are about 1/2 through BC before booking flights in case anything changes - drops, medical leave, injury etc. If flying in, check flying into Milwaukee it can be a great deal cheaper. Book rooms now if you want as they are easier to change. I booked my flight 1 week out and got great prices better than they had been 2 weeks prior to that but it all depends. Keep checking and it is amazing how much they change.
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