Hello everyone - though I'm a registered user, I'm not much of a poster. I was hoping to get your thoughts on a schedule change, and what my course of action should (and possibly could) be. Here's the scenario:

In February of 2009, I am taking my parents to Hawaii to celebrate my father's retirement (you didn't think I was going to send them while I sat at home in the winter, did you?!). In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I was able to secure three of the super-low round-trip tickets, from PHL-IAH-HNL-IAH-PHL, that were offered around Memorial Day weekend. It worked out well - I am a few hours south of PHL (in Northern Virginia) and my parents are a few hours north.

In checking the schedule, I noticed our two hour layover in IAH on the way home has become approximately five hours and we now arrive at 4.42pm (which, after having lived in Northern Virginia for a few years, automatically makes me think "rush hour traffic"). I immediately thought about simply switching to HNL-EWR-PHL, however it seems that HNL-EWR is not operating nonstop on the day we depart (2/24).

We are all on one PNR. In your opinion, do I have any shot at all of having our tickets switched to EWR-IAH-HNL-IAH-EWR because of this? There is an IAH-EWR flight on our return that would get us in around 1pm. (Though what I'd really like to do is switch them to an EWR departure and myself to a DCA departure).

At the end of the day, if we have to accept the schedule change, I know it's not a big deal because 1) I paid so little for the tickets 2) I am fortunate that, with the economic landscape of our country right now, this is all I have to worry about and 3) We'll still be going to Hawaii, regardless!

Thank you in advance for your assistance