My extended family is flying to ABQ over Presidents Week: 7 NYC to ABQ and 2 BOS to ABQ. As a B6 fanboy I tried many combinations but couldn't find a reasonable itinerary.

The problems were:
1) The return on a red eye.
Several family members won't do a red eye unless a passport is involved.

2) Price.
I first looked into booking these back in August. The one way JFK ->ABQ on 2/14 never dropped below $330 even though the plane was empty.

3) No way back to JFK.
If we used B6 for the outbound, the return flights to JFK on other airlines were either badly timed, very expensive, or both. We're skiing, lots of checked bags, so we really need to return to our departure airport.

So,
The New Yorkers are flying WN from EWR. The Bostonians are on UA