I just booked tickets to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. I should have bought them a month ago when I could pick up a DL nonstop roundtrip MSP-AUS for $280. But, since then, the airlines have hiked airfares a week before and after April 8th.
So, I'm taking UA down and DL back. The tickets cost $410 roundtrip, including flight insurance... considering the high potential for chaos around the day of the eclipse, I figured it was a necessity.
I'll be staying with my sister in AUS. On the day of the eclipse, we're going to road trip it to Fredericksburg, about 50 miles away... to see the most amount of time of darkness.
Commercial aircraft flown in: B712 B722 B732 B734 B737 B738 B741 B742 B744 B752 B753 B762 B772 A310 A318 A319 A320 A321 DC91 DC93 DC94 DC1030 DC1040 F100 MD82 MD83 A223 CR2 CR7 E175