Back in June we went on a vacation to Glacier National Park. We arrived just as the days of huge rainfalls that caused so much damage to the Yellowstone area were ending and, even in the Glacier area we could see river and drainage levels at level high enough it was almost over some of the roads and driveways. The river levels were clearly much higher than normal
American Airlines had some great saver level first class awards to Montana from Detroit with bad routings. But I booked them anyway as schedules were changing so often we were pretty much guaranteed a schedule change which allowed us free rebooking options to any of the flights instead of those just with saver level award space. Sure enough the schedule changed and we were auto rebooked on perhaps the worst auto-rebooking itinerary I've every seen. DTW - DFW - PHX - LAX - SEA - MSO. An agent quickly realized the issue when I called and got us on the best route available - something that would have cost me an extra 40,000 miles or so had I booked that in the first place.
In any event we had great weather in Glacier for the rest of our trip. Sure a lot of the hikes weren't open yet but the crowds were much lower so we were ok with the trade off. Our second day there we headed over to the St. Mary's entrance which was even less trafficked than the West Entrance although we did find ourselves having to find some ways to help cross some of the trail areas
American Airlines had some great saver level first class awards to Montana from Detroit with bad routings. But I booked them anyway as schedules were changing so often we were pretty much guaranteed a schedule change which allowed us free rebooking options to any of the flights instead of those just with saver level award space. Sure enough the schedule changed and we were auto rebooked on perhaps the worst auto-rebooking itinerary I've every seen. DTW - DFW - PHX - LAX - SEA - MSO. An agent quickly realized the issue when I called and got us on the best route available - something that would have cost me an extra 40,000 miles or so had I booked that in the first place.
In any event we had great weather in Glacier for the rest of our trip. Sure a lot of the hikes weren't open yet but the crowds were much lower so we were ok with the trade off. Our second day there we headed over to the St. Mary's entrance which was even less trafficked than the West Entrance although we did find ourselves having to find some ways to help cross some of the trail areas