AHA Travel

I just bought my ticket for the January 2008 AHA meeting in Washington, DC. It is really early, but when you are planning to come in from the Middle East you are conscious of how good prices are harder to find the longer you wait. As it is, I feel like I should be arrested for the ticket I purchased. It was a multi-city trip, as I combined it with a holiday visit to my family, so I'm going Tel Aviv-Chicago-Washington-Madrid-Tel Aviv for $1090. (I'll admit that two days in Madrid weren't in my original plans, but they added only $14 to the total cost. I assume there are things to do in Madrid.)