My wife and I were planning a trip to visit family in Ecuador. The cheapest airfare from Traverse City, Michigan to Quito, was $1,720. Out or curiosity, I checked Miami to Quito, and it was only $404. Airfare from Traverse City to Miami was $300. Book two separate flights and save more than $2,000! The discount sites aren ’ t set up to search in this way yet, so you have to do this on your own. By the way, the whole six-week trip, which we took in 2004, cost $2,400, including losing $100, and being robbed of $174. The whole six-week trip, which the author and his wife took in 2004,cost _______, including losing $ 100, and being robbed of $ 174.