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So I received my form letter today from my SR...she left on 2/25 and will graduate 4/25. Ship 11. Div 156. Any other moms with SR's in this boat? lol....I am surely missing her laugh. Looking forward to writing and hope to speak to her soon. Those of you who are past the graduation point please give tips on hotels, flights, arrival time to base ....etc. Experience and word of mouth is priceless.
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Permalink Reply by anasazigypsy on
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Make hotel reservations early. I stayed at Navy Lodge. Not fancy but good price and close to base, and will probably be full of other parents celebrating, so a family feeling throughout the building. I flew Southwest into Milwaukee because rental car was much cheaper there. The other bonus is not having to deal with Chicago traffic. I chose Southwest because if something had changed with my sailor PIR date, there is no change fee and your purchase price can be used any flight anywhere for a year, paying only the difference in fare,if any. Also 2 free checked bags. There are ways to avoid toll roads, but I just took a roll of quarters and a roll of nickels for the unmanned tolls. Went to Sarge's meet and greet, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Be flexible, as the plans we made for after PIR had to be changed due to sailor needing to be back early for watch duty. It's all about spending every minute you can with your sailor before they are off to A school,rather than what you do.
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Permalink Reply by CryptoDad on
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Graduate 4/25? That's a Saturday, can't be. Probably the 24th.
Lots of PIR advice here: http://navyformoms.com/group/pirreferenceinformation
I agree with flying Southwest Air, but Milwaukee is not always the best airport:
1. Fares between Nashville and Milwaukee are more expensive than Nashville and Chicago.
2. More direct flights from Nashville to Chicago. Avoid connecting flights or you may find yourself changing planes in Baltimore or Orlando!
3. If your daughter is not staying at Great Lakes for A school, she will fly out of Chicago on the Saturday after PIR. If you want to see her off at the airport, you will be driving into Chicago anyway. The extra gas and aggravation of driving from the Chicago airport to Milwaukee may negate any savings on a rental car.
As always, YMMV.
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You might want to join this group to meet other moms with the same PIR date.
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Thanks :)
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My situation was a little different I guess Crypto dad since I grew up in the area and did some revisiting Sunday after he flew out of Midway on Saturday. I did drive to Midway and back Saturday, but no commuter traffic that day :) Car rental was 330 at Midway and 57 at Milwaukee for 4 days , and economy car so good gas mileage. Would do it the same way again as flights were within 10 of each other flying out of Phoenix. I did pay an additional fee because I started to panic over the weather ( end of November) so changed to earlier flight there to give myself more time just in case and that is when I learned details of southwest change policy.
In addition, I let my bank know my travel plans so they wouldn't put a suspected fraud hold on the cards I planned to use and also increased my liability on car insurance to Illinois minimum limits, which are higher than Arizona.
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Thanks :)
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Permalink Reply by RobinsMom96 on
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My son is also graduating on the 24th, DIV 157 though. :) Thank you for posting this thread. I will like some travel info as well.
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