Midwest - Cheapest way to Seattle -> Cleveland?

I'm looking for the cheapest tickets for Seattle -> Cleveland. What I'm particularly looking for are specific cheap routes (less than $200-$250 maybe) that use Cleveland as a mid-way stopping point but not the final destination. I'll book that entire route, but just get off at Cleveland. I have only hand luggage.

This has worked a lot of times for me in the past. For example, to get to Washington DC, I booked a SeaTac -> Buffalo ticket for 100 bucks, with a stop-over at Washington DC, and just got off at DC. SeaTac -> Washington DC tickets were extremely expensive by comparison.

I want to replicate this strategy with Cleveland. Anybody have tips and route ideas?

I'm not that interested in getting off at some other airport and driving over...prefer to go to just Cleveland, but I'm open to those ideas as well if it's very significant savings.

Thanks!

I'm looking for the cheapest tickets for Seattle -> Cleveland. What I'm particularly looking for are specific cheap routes (less than $200-$250 maybe) that use Cleveland as a mid-way stopping point but not the final destination.....

What's the cheapest you've found on your own so far? Knowing that would help rather than have all us nice people here run around looking for you first. :)

What's the cheapest you've found on your own so far? Knowing that would help rather than have all us nice people here run around looking for you first. :)

I've found flights with connections (where Cleveland is the final stop, and where I get there after 9 hours) for about $280-$300, excluding red-eye flights.

Please see
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/budget-travel/988244-cheapest-seattle-cleveland-tickets.html

Thanks.

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