That's strange. When I called, the lady just asked me if I had a flight in mind. I told her my United flights and she didn't question it, she just booked them.
I think I'm going to do the redeye from SNA that leaves at 9:33pm, arrives in DC at 7:43am. I'll just leave my bags at the hotel and maybe check out the area since I'll have all day to kill.
Hi, I am also from Irvine. I haven't looked into my options, but flying out of LAX at 5:50 in the morning sounds unpleasant. It may be the best option though? What are you using to look up flight info?
I don't know, but they required a response by tomorrow morning. So, they will probably send out a second wave if some people from the first wave declined to participate.