We are travelling to USA early next year and are on a tight schedule. Part of our trip means we need to be in LA from Nashville for a Lakers game on a particular day. It is not an option to fly a day earlier.
Originally when I planned everything American Airlines had an early 7am direct flight so that worked and I booked that - that flight has since been cancelled and we were transferred to a late afternoon flight but that doesn't work for us. So our options are to take a non stop flight (AA) through Dallas that gets us there in time but is 7 hours of travel. We can drive to Atlanta (4 hrs) and get a 1.30 direct flight to LAX. Or there is a Southwest Airline direct flight from Nashville to LAX in the morning - this seems like a no-brainer but I have had bad experience with delays and cancellation on Southwest and not sure if I am willing to take that risk.
We like driving in the USA and are happy to do so - but just worry any delays driving from Nashville to Atlanta may result in missing the flight. Memphis does not have direct to LAX. Does anyone have any suggestions / comments?
Originally when I planned everything American Airlines had an early 7am direct flight so that worked and I booked that - that flight has since been cancelled and we were transferred to a late afternoon flight but that doesn't work for us. So our options are to take a non stop flight (AA) through Dallas that gets us there in time but is 7 hours of travel. We can drive to Atlanta (4 hrs) and get a 1.30 direct flight to LAX. Or there is a Southwest Airline direct flight from Nashville to LAX in the morning - this seems like a no-brainer but I have had bad experience with delays and cancellation on Southwest and not sure if I am willing to take that risk.
We like driving in the USA and are happy to do so - but just worry any delays driving from Nashville to Atlanta may result in missing the flight. Memphis does not have direct to LAX. Does anyone have any suggestions / comments?