. . . "My wife, son and I are traveling to Missouri in January 2011 due to a family member not doing too well. Anyways, we did the normal checking for flights etc from Sky Harbor. My sister n law who is also going but on a different day mentioned that she got a flight from Allegiant for super cheap. I'm a cab driver and have driven passengers to Gateway Airport and I remembered them giving good reviews. \n\nAnyway, I go online to check flights and I am immediately shocked at how much the flights were. Mesa to Springfield, Missouri only $47 one way person and $19 way back home per person. Yes, there was $9.99 pre-boarding fee which would have added an additional $60 to trip.\n\nAlso, a $14.99 fee for booking online which would have added an additional $$90 to the fare. I did some more research and said ahh hell no, I'm not paying those fees. So I drove an hour to the airport because buying tickets there is free. However, I saved $90 bucks !\n\nThe ticket agent noted that since we are traveling with a small child ( 2yrs old ) we would get priority boarding anyway. Just saved $60 more dollars !\n\nConclusion, I only paid $284 total with taxes, airport and standard security fees for three round trip tickets and no convience fees.\n\nTo save on the $35 per checked bag we are going to FedEx our luggage to family.\n\nOnly down fall is airport is 60 mins from our house hence the $14.99 convience fee. But the 2 hour trip was worth it ! No other airline can match that $284 for three !"^^ . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "7"^^ . "0"^^ . "2010-12-22T00:00:00"^^ .