Flights have gone up considerably in the past 6-8 months. Also where in the country you fly from makes it even more restrictive. Flying anywhere from the west coast is costly. Flying to the pacific Nw from anywhere in the country is crazy. Just to compare, basically the same flight to fly from Houston to Miami...use same dates and fly Miami to Houston return its over $100 more. Last winter I was looking at flights to Buffalo....3 months out they were $350. I waited until exactly 14 days before I had to go and it dropped to just a bit less than $200. Just pointing out...they flex all over the place. So board members flights will vary with where they live in the country and possibly when they book. Molly In a message dated 5/1/2012 9:39:11 A.M. Central Daylight Time, spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Several people have posted on Facebook about how much they paid for tickets to our National, which starts this week - most are finding that it is more expensive to fly their dogs and the tickets are not more then $400.00 from the coasts. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================