So when a kind family member offered to watch my baby for a few days I jumped on the opportunity
FlightsSJD is a 6/5 hr flight to/ from NYC but currently the only direct flights are with united from EWR and jetblue from JFK.
Jetblue flies daily and UA only on weekends.
Ideally we would have taken the morning UA out of Newark which arrives at 1230pm and the jetblue red eye back so as to maximize our time there
However we had to be back at night so we booked a UA flight which left in the morning with a connection thru IAH .( I am writing this as I am about to take off IAH -EWR)
Unfortunately neither UA or B6 offer lie flat J on these routes and thru lax or san added too much flying time so it wasn't worth it
For the outbound there was x available so we used 12.5k AC
+$83 per person and I got free econ plus 24 hrs prior as silver elite
For the return there was no x class for both segments so I used my travelbank and some etcs to book economy with cash and later I found some good P class so I switched to that.
*update * - my flight returned to the gate for a disruptive passenger. We had the perfect seats "right behind the glass" to watch the action
. Now i have more time to write lol