Considering Wiscon and seeing information/advice

[redbird]

If I'm going to Wiscon, I should get plane tickets soon. They are already looking expensive, but I'm not sure whether that's timing, this year versus last, or flying out of Seattle rather than New York. The thing is, a lot of what I'm finding involves getting up unreasonably early (6:50 out of SEA) meaning getting up I don't know when); is this just an artifact of stupid software that will let me specify "depart between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m." but not "anything that leaves between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m." (in which case I will take a deep breath and run umpteen searches and scribble notes on paper) or is it really showing me what's out there and/or halfway affordable, given that I'm looking at flying a significant distance east and making at least one connection?

Also, if there's anything non-obvious and useful that you know about this route, please tell me.

Comments

[cme]

Yes, the layovers to Madison can be horrific- Dallas is frequently an option, and I might once have seen Atlanta.

I feel like the bus connection is a little worse, because you have to find out if the bus stops at the airport or across town, and you have to get your luggage between airplane and bus. (That latter was a bigger problem for me after I got my CPAP, so maybe it would be less annoying for you.)

Best of luck!

Edit: Let me know if you'd like to meet up sometime, or if you'd like to talk Seattle transplant stuff or anything. For instance, cabs are cheaper here, and the flat rate cab companies are pretty good and can be summoned via text message.

[redbird]

That sounds like a good idea; I'm in downtown Bellevue, if that's relevant (and handy to the 550 bus, so downtown Seattle is pretty easy for me). I have a variety of local friends, but most of the ones who didn't grow up here have been here a long time. My sister-by-choice, who moved here a few years ago, is being both helpful and informative (as well as just cool to hang out with).