<p>hey I already have the tickets for spring break in March</p>
<p>We have D’s Christmas tickets purchased. $224.00 rt from Washington DC to LAX. We’ll pick her up there even though it’s 90 miles away. To fly into Santa Barbara is almost twice as much. She won’t be coming home for Thanksgiving 
but does have a month at Christmas :)</p>
<p>I purchased my D’s tickets for Christmas break…since she’s a sophomore we suggested she spend Thanksgiving with a friend to get a chance to see another part of the country…so she’s going home with a friend to Virginia. SHe’s really excited…much better than coming home to Texas for 4 days! We are heading back for Penn’s Parent’s weekend in Oct so she’s okay with not coming home in NOV!</p>
<p>No, we don’t have tickets yet. I wanted to, but first I was waiting to find out when S could leave. Now that we know that (22nd), we find out that a competition he wants to enter has semi-finals in Jan, a week before school resumes. If we buy the earlier tickets and he doesn’t advance in the competition, then he’s back a week early for no reason (and he’d rather be here…) with no place to stay. But he isn’t willing to put off this competition for another year. Meanwhile, ticket prices are going up. </p>
<p>On the other hand, maybe - by waiting - we’ll stand a better chance of getting tickets on an airline that is still in business in December.</p>
<p>Just bought D’s ticket for Dec.10. We could have waited until registration, so she would know her exam schedule and could probably fly home on the the 9th. But I have had the unfortunate situation of waiting that ONE day more, and the lowest fare category got sold out. So for a low fare of $205, an extra night on campus is okay.</p>
<p>We nixed the Thanksgiving trip since it is right before quarter exams, plus Christmas break starts Dec.10.</p>