You're absolutely right I definitely got a little carried away-- this is the last segment I needed to put in place for an extended trip I'm making with my two very small children (from the US to India and then lots of flying around within India) -- I've spent so much effort trying to optimize the more difficult parts of the trip to be as easy (and inexpensive) as possible that I lost sight of the fact that this particular segment isn't much effort or money relative to the rest.
Thanks again for all your advice!