So starting to put the advice into use.
Had to change my plans and am leaving CMH tonight instead of last night, so changed to landing in SNA vs. LAX. Still looking pretty dismal.
CMH-ATL 7 of 29 with 1 seat left
ATL-SNA 2 of 15 with 0 seats left
Booked a May trip
SNA-MSP-STL-MSP-LAX
So we'll see how that goes ...
Oh and I would only use LGB when I didn't have to double connect