<p>does anyone know how much time we should allocate to get to and from springs airport/ denver, or just have any general suggestions about getting home for thanksgiving and the holidays without breakin the bank?</p>
<p>They run a bus service to/from the airports for thanksgiving and x-mas. It takes about an 1h10 to get to DIA. Springs airport is about 30-45 minutes. For most places it is cheaper to pay the extra $15 for the bus ticket and fly from DIA to home. COS is much more expensive to most destinations. Other than that just book your flight as early as you can.</p>
<p>wont you have to know the day of your last final before you can get your ticket?</p>
<p>Yes you will. But last year I think it was November 15 that we were allowed to schedule our finals, so the next day I bought my ticket home.</p>
<p>yaa. i figured we had to wait for x-mas leave. I was trying to get thanksgiving and wasnt sure when we'd be able to leave campus to get to the airport.</p>
<p>For us I want to say that we had 20th-26th off I think, which would be the Tuesday before until the next Monday. I think we weren't allowed to leave until 3:00 p.m. that Tuesday...but it will probably all change next year. I'm guessing I will only be flying home for x-mas and not thanksgiving because the flights will be so much more expensive. But, I guess that's the good thing about having sponsor parents.</p>
<p>the typical guidline is after LMD (last militray duty) you need to have at least 3 hours for COS and 5 for DIA before your flight leaves</p>
<p>You also need to consider where you are flying too. For example, if you are going back to the east coast, then it is very difficult to find a flight that will give you enough time to get there after LMD, so might as well book first flight out the next morning.</p>
<p>is it common for some cadets to stay at the academy/sponsor house over the major breaks?</p>
<p>I don't know how common it is, but my guess is that with the rising cost of fuel and airfare, it will become more common going forward.</p>
<p>From my experiences, cadets tend to go home at Christmas. Thanksgiving is split between going home and going somewhere with other cadets (like to a cabin in the mountains to ski for the break). For Spring Break, a lot of cadets (especially in the upper classes) go on trips/cruises/etc. For summer, assuming the cadet gets a leave period, some might go home, some might to elsewhere, and others will split the time between home and somewhere else.</p>