Getting there is easy, since it doesn't start til the 7th... getting home has never been easy from Vegas lol, I don't know why I let this aggravate me. Given that I either don't have a return flight or am frantically trying to find a return flight a couple hours before I want to come home, I am soooooo used to the drill.
Southwest did make it easier this summer when they started giving out those numbers at curbside or the ticket counter since no one knew and would always try not to check bags so they could get to the gate and get a low number, I guess those days are over lol
And of course I'm on America West this trip at the moment.