bit the bullet and booked airline tickets as I saw a direct flight for same price as 1-stop and there were only few seats left (leaving from Charlotte)
I may tentatively book reservation for Atlantis knowing they have free cancellation. I've noticed two things though.. The room rates keep going up... Within a week it went up +$50/day earlier this week, and then went up another $1.50/day from yesterday to today. Wondering if they play with online posted rates as it gets closer to weekend and more people are home on weekend and make travel arrangements. Kind of like a gas station.
I state this because I noticed on Gonzaga school sites for the 2015 event, it seems that the hotel part of the package was 20% off room rate if a 4 night stay and buying game tickets. 20% sounds good but may not be really 20% if they keep raising room prices from now until packages.
www.gozags.com/genrel/052215aaa.htmlI have another e-mail into Atlantis asking if I book room now, and packages come out later would I still be able to get the special rate applied to existing reservation (could always cancel and/or re-do under wife name and card). Their e-mail customer service is pretty slow.. Usually 2+ days to get a response and they always preface it with an apology that the delay is due to computer problems.
I also saw that for 2015 event, most of the schools were posting ticket package availability around early May. Example : Syracuse
cuse.com/news/2015/5/6/MBB_0506150440.aspx?path=mbasket