<p>Hi there, just logged on to both United and Southwest. Both are having sales for Winter Break. Bought D tickets home to Northern CA for 410 round trip. Think it was the cheapest I have paid at Xmas time. Thanksgiving was a bit more but still good prices on United out of Birmingham. If your children have a car Huntsville was considerably cheaper to fly home on Thanksgiving if they don’t mind the extra hour drive to airport. Book now and Book early last year Southwest sold out to both Sacramento and Oakland at Thanksgiving. Did find it was cheaper last year when this happened to buy a one way ticket to Sacramento on Wednesday of Thanksgiving and then a round trip ticket on Sunday evening to BHM and Back for Winter break.</p>