Brewers fans flying to Bay Area to save on tickets

First up, we are just two days away from the start of the World Series. The first two games are in Milwaukee before the series shifts to St. Pete. Fans are hoping to see the Rays and Brewers in action and keeping track of everything from flights to seat prices. Kelly Cowan is on that story for us live from Tampa International. And Kelly, when you wait till the 11th hour on anything, usually you get raked over the coals. But for Brewers fans, it might be better than the alternative. You know, we know that last-minute ticket prices when you're taking a flight are not cheap, so they're still having to factor that cost in. But what a lot of fans are finding is that when they combine that with their hotel costs and then the cost of the tickets in Tampa Bay, well, this is ending up mathing a lot better than it would for them to attend a game back home in Milwaukee. So a lot of Brewers fans are deciding to take the trip down to St. Pete, enjoy a little nice weather, a nice break from the cold up there, and also see their favorite team for a lot less is what fans are saying. That's because back home, World Series tickets are selling for about triple the price of what they are going for in St. Pete. Just check out the SeatGeek prices. To get in the door for games one and two, fans are going to have to shell out at least $2,600 per ticket back in Milwaukee. But the entry fee at the Trop is around $850. So many are doing the math and making the trip to St. Pete, where the cost for the tickets, the flights and the hotel room still beats what they'd be paying back home. And while tickets in... We tried our hardest to see if we could make it work and we just couldn't. Like financially, we just couldn't do it. And we just went like our next best option, which was away. But being here would have been so much better for sure. while tickets in Milwaukee are still going to come with that secondhand surcharge. That's not the case in St. Pete, where the games are not yet completely sold out. At last check this morning, there are still standing room only tickets available for Monday and Tuesday nights. This is on MLB.com. So that's the official ticket seller. And those are going for $882 each. You can also find them a lot cheaper if you shop the secondary markets. But just be aware that not all secondary sellers actually back up their tickets with real tickets. Sometimes people, especially when they've bought through StubHub, have noticed that they've bought the tickets and then they find out day of event that those tickets have fallen through, that they're unavailable. And so that has left a lot of fans burned in other cities after paying the price of traveling there. And that's certainly not a position you want to be in. I will just point out that Ticketmaster appears to guarantee their tickets. so too does SeatGeek, SeatGeek the official reseller for the MLB for this series. Okay, so definitely do your homework before you hit purchase. Absolutely, yeah, and then you can also try to make sure that you are insuring your travel as well, so buying the insurance on any flights that you book or any other kind of travel. If you're using a credit card, a lot of credit cards that have travel-friendly perks also will back you up in case some sort of snafu like this happens to you while you're traveling. The other thing you can always do is book that higher rate for the hotels or the flights that ensure that you would be able to cancel last minute if you needed to. I was going to say, it might be more money up front, but definitely saves you a headache down the road. Kelly Cowan live for us this morning. Talk to you later on, thanks.