Excellent points, thank you. And I am using a Chase Sapphire Reserve which has numerous travel perks. (which I have yet had need to use)

It is unfortunate that the mid-day flights leaving FLL are so expensive... can't know how soon we will be able to get off the cruise and be at FLL, so we need to book a later flight than we would prefer. The last time we cruised, we spent many uncomfortable hours at FLL waiting for a late flight. FLL is very crowded and IIRC we can't check our bags until 2 hours prior to the flight But that might be a question for another thread here. I get so overwhelmed by this forum but it is a great help when I can figure it out!

Thanks