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How long do you want to spend at the meeting point? If less than four hours, you can just book flights from PVD and PHL to TPA with a common connecting point.


But be aware that, in the event of IRROPS, the airline is only obligated to get you to TPA; the connecting point could then change.


Or, as Yoshi212 suggests, you could also just fly your daughter from PVD to PHL (or have her take Amtrak), and then fly together on from PHL to TPA.


If you have -- or can get -- some BA Avios, your daughter can get an award flight from PVD to PHL for only 4,500 Avios one way, subject to there being low-tier award availability.


US Airways and Southwest fly PHL-TPA nonstop; Frontier flies TTN-TPA nonstop; and Allegiant flies ABE-PIE (St. Petersburg, FL).