Portland (OR) - yea, the flight made the deal to some extent... Something like $120 roundtrip.
just dont walk around the back streets of the strat and you will be fine... you are in no mans land there ... its sorta a dump
Honestly, that area didn't phase me one bit... But I'm from a pretty urban environment.
At Vdara this time around - let me know what's good around city center, if you have thoughts. Only there for 2 full days, so I want to make them count.
Just Orbitz - booked late last week... Spirit flies for as low as 107 rt (although my airfare was 127). Don't think they're any restrictions or anything... I'm only there tues-fri though.
I had looked on bidding at priceline, but the savings at Orbitz for flight/hotel were better than using priceline and booking separately.
I'm flying Spirit for the March Madness trip next month..Think it was around $184 RT... No hotel with it though..
When I price it out, usually what I'll do is check flights first on Orbitz, and use the "search +/- 3 days" option... Find the cheapest dates for airfare, then go back and use those dates with the hotel+airfare option. I don't mind paying a bunch for a nice place to sleep, but I try to minimize the airfare (especially since it's a 2hr flight from pdx).
Red Eye - you should come down to Claudia's sometime - Hawthorne and SE 30th in Portland... Great sports bar.