I recently completed our flight arrangements to take myself, Mrs. TokyoKid, and our new family member, BabyTokyoKid (she'll be 5 months old when we travel), from Nagoya to Boston this summer. I purchased two economy class tickets and used my WP miles to upgrade to WBC and first.

Alhough we were lucky to get the general dates we wanted (absolutely no complaints and am quite happy!), we wound up with a horrible round-trip itinerary especially since we'll have an infant with us. In each direction we have 4 flights! I've done NGO-NRT-DTW-BOS solo and found it tiring since I ususally don't sleep well the night before departing and then once onboard (economy or WBC). Anyway, here's our itinerary for July:
NGO-NRT-SEA-MSP-BOS
We arrive in Seattle around 9:30am. Our next flight doesn't depart until around 1:52am. I've booked a room for us at a hotel by the airport.

In August our return itinerary is:
BOS-DTW-SFO-NRT-NGO
We'll have no layovers like we will in Seattle.

Having flown NW many times to/from Japan, and knowing NWA, I am now wondering which flights will be cancelled due to a variety of reasons. What are the odds that all eight flights will actually fly? I'm taking bets! Usually I'm an optimistic person...but not when flying NW with 4 flights in each direction. If we actually make a round-trip without any cancelled flights, I'll be in need of some oxygen!!!