Thank you. Coach only, we don't have enough miles. Overnight stop would be ok and if it would be LA, Chicago or NY would actually be preferable. But when I had talked with a person the other day at Alaska, they had said they could get me to Chicago but no further, even a day or two later. I guess I can press for more details next time I call.

There was a comment above about British Air. Point taken: I should consider them. But this is starting to turn into sticker shock all the way around, there's a point at which the finances simply don't work for our family budget. The estimates the rep gave me this morning of how much each person's ticket would cost, times a round trip, would add up to $4K ($500 x 4 x round trip). I did not want to waste her time, so don't know if it would even be possible to get tickets for destinations of interest with that type of fuel charge.