Just getting back to this site after some computer problems. Thanks for your help. We ended up booking our flight on Northwest. Yep, we have to go through Minneapolis. We'll be crossing our fingers!

Glad to hear your flight plans don't include America West. The WORST airlines I have ever experienced (and I have flown more than once with them - twice, which is 2 times too many). On my first flight the captain came on the speaker and complained, after a 2 hour delay in Las Vegas at 1:30 a.m. (leaving finally at 3:30 a.m.), vowing to file a complaint himself! The second flight was just as bad.

Message: America West stranded us in LAX in the middle of the night with zero chance of getting to San Diego I showed up at the Puerto Vallarta airport for the trip back to San Diego and was informed that the flight had been cancelled due to mechanical problems. We were transferred to Alaska Airlines. When we boarded, it was obvious that the two Airlines merely pooled the total of 25 passengers into one flight. Unfortunately, America West screwed up at the desk in Puerto Vallarta and stranded me in LAX in the middle of the night with no connection to San Diego. Had to take a ground shuttle to San Diego.

Please take my advice and pay the extra $25-$50 (what ever$) and take any other airline! It will be the best money you spent this year.