Going to Seattle

So I am planning on going to Seattle December 12 - 15th (Sat - Tue), got my Southwest flight switched over for the umpteenth time, and am getting excited. I was born and raised on the eastside (read: Bellevue / Renton / Issaquah) and thus never really looked at Seattle as a "vacation spot" but more like home. I've visited a few times since I've moved to the land of Mormons, but never as a tourist, just as a "I am here to see my family." I want to still see the family, but I want to be able to do some more "touristy" things while I am visiting.

Can anyone suggest ideas to do in Seattle, places to go, things to see that maybe as a local I would have dismissed as something not as important. I never really went downtown unless I needed to, I tried to avoid it at all costs really, except for Mariner's games.

Hit up the comments (either have to be a registered Blogger user, or have an OpenID), or tweet at me - @honaplane your ideas.

Until next time!

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Southwest's Ticket Change Policy

I have to say, I have to LUV the fact that Southwest has no change fees on their tickets. I have been trying to take a vacation since March of this year, and well its now October, and have changed my tickets I don't even know how many times now, because money gets tight, or scheduling or something. Its always something.

Delta has been price matching Southwest on flights between Salt Lake City and Seattle for the last year or so as well, and let me tell you Delta would not have let me change it this many times for no cost... Yes the ride may be better (I happen to like the MD-90, and the 757); but those change fees would have nixed any hopes of a vacation all together. The rate they have been matching to the Southwest non refundable rate is TA14A0SA, which has a $150 change fee - and off the top of my head I can think of three or four changes I've made already to my tickets... I don't have an extra $600 thats for sure.

So I want to say hats off to Southwest on this policy - no I haven't been paid by them for this - and welcome to my new blog where I will ramble about my observations on travel and flight.

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