We are flying in Thursday. My brother and his wife and son have been to the Super Bowl before (2023), and I think they will do a lot of the associated events. I don't know how close to the stadium we will try to stay. Obviously we will put up with a lot more inconvenience for a Super Bowl than we might otherwise. But my brother is in charge of hotels and tickets.

The Eagles are +280 to win the NFC, so I might bet a grand or two on them as a hedge.

The mileage prices did seem to increase slightly as I booked each ticket. Keep in mind that the family has 4 seats on PHL-PHX and 5 on PHX-MRY.

Returning I don't think we're as fortunate, it looks like everybody is going out of SFO at 6AM and around 12.5K each SMF seems to be our best option. 1PM departure via PHX arrives PHL midnight. Only bad thing is that the nephew from ABE can't connect to the bus, so either he'll have to take a redeye or get his girlfriend to pick him up in PHL

But the bottom line is that now that I've stopped traveling, I'm finding uses for my millions of accumulated miles. Even if the prices were higher, it would still be a great opportunity to lock in a price more than 10 months before I know if I'll take the trip.