Taz_man

Wow! Thanks for all the great and detailed feedback. I truly am appreciative.

Yes, my dates are a little flexible. Is there a tool that can help me more easily find what are the best days to go?

I am intrigued about the KVS Plantinum tool mentioned. What exactly does it do? I assume it is some airline specific search tool. I'll search when I get a few minutes and see what I can find out. I'm all in favor of learning new tools assuming I have time to learn how to effectively use them. Sadly I don't have a lot of free time with my work and travel schedule.

I do appreciate all of your attempts to "spoon feed" me what I need to know now until I can come up to speed on the way to do this myself. I am a strong proponent of "teach a man to fish..." I am trying to learn how to fish as fast I can here. Truly one of the best forums I've been to with respect to the thoroughness of replies and helpfulness. Kudos to all of you! I am definitely recommending this place to my co-workers who travel a lot.