Travel Board/Money Board Success Story with Airfare to Arizona

Been worried about the price of airfare from BHM or ATL to PHX on a Monday to Thursday trip at the end of March.

After trying for a week to figure out how to get an itinerary for 3 people (including a three year old) for under $1000, I somehow stumbled through my Wells Fargo Rewards program tickets for $850 roundtrip.

BHM prices were exorbitant - $1200+ plus difficult flight times with long layovers. ATL definitely cut the price down, but it was still too expensive. I did find a deal for $440 roundtrip for three tickets but it was through Frontier Airlines. After reading horrific reviews about them, I decided to keep looking but much to my dismay, the only way I could get the prices below $1000 from ATL was to again have difficult flight times (630am flight ain't happening with a 3 year old) and long layovers.

Then this morning, I checked again but decided to extend the stay to Friday. $850 on Delta. Nonstop flight from ATL to PHX leaving at 440pm. Nonstop return flight from PHX to ATL leaving at 1pm.

Yeah I gotta drive to and from Atlanta, but after applying my Rewards points, I cut the price down to $500.

Now if only I can find a decent hotel room for less than $150/night.