Originally Posted by dcpdxtrans

all good points. I will say that the odds of MX tend to be low since IME and for the amount that I fly, I am amazed at the lack of MX issues I've encountered. Thus, I would be ok with MX if it happened. Also, I did have a couple of hours built in. What I did not factor was since it was right at the beginning of the new year, the schedule was somewhat thinned out. In any event, it's not the expense of a hotel that matters; it's the opportunity cost of not putting my children in bed.