Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

Mike, driving is much slower from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa in most cases. I live five minutes from the airport and the flight is just fifty-five minutes. It is usually an easy stress free flight, a least on Southwest. I tried to save a few bucks with Spirit's' super discount fare and it cost me since I missed their early a.m. departure due to the horrendous line at the international terminal that they are in. Southwest's terminal has no line for security in terminal 1.

I also hate driving far distances. I have better things to do with my time than hurtling through space over the highway just to get somewhere, especially when I can get a cheap flight. My parents live almost 90 minutes north of Tampa so it would be nearly a six hour drive in any case. But even if they lived right off the highway in Tampa itself, it still is a lot longer in time not to mention aggravation and gasoline to drive, just to turn around and go home the next evening. I know you love driving long distances, but it's not for me.