Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
I bought IAH but wasn't staying there. SAT and AUS were already double the price when I bought in late Dec. Cars were scarce at SAT and AUS but were widely available at IAH.
Now I changed to BOS for $160 and can't change back to Texas without paying a lot more.
I have flights to DFW. Was planning to watch from near DFW. If the forecast shows a mostly cloud-free area within driving distance (southern IL/IN), then I'll drive to wherever it's clear. I also bought a fully refundable flight to BOS on the afternoon of 4/7; this is the contingency plan in case the weather does not cooperate all the way past Indiana. Would probably watch from VT or ME which are showing clear forecasts right now but of course that could change. That area costs about a full minute of totality so it's not something I want to do unless it's absolutely necessary (but it's better to see a 3 minute, 20 second eclipse than to miss a 4 minute, 20 second eclipse!). There also aren't very many roads along the path of totality for escaping clouds so if I go up there I'd better be darn sure that it's going to be clear.