Yesterday I had to book a flight MSN-XXX-CLE for a Tuesday-Wednesday turnaround. First run-through: $705. My goodness.

So, I decided to try MKE. Even worse. All connections via DTW or CVG.

Throwing my hands in the air (I'm not spending $700+ dollars if I can help it), I headed to Expedia. And there's a DL itinerary MKE-ATL-CLE-ATL-MKE for $387 all-in.

OK, so I went back to DL.bomb and selected multi-city and booked the exact same itinerary listing 4 specific flights and chose the same flights as the Expedia itinerary. $387 all-in. Bought it.

Miserable, miserable website and booking engine. I wonder how many people would've accepted $700 as the best fare and bought the ticket. I really miss NWA.com and its price/schedule option, which always worked great for me.