Ok, for those who are pondering this cash thing...
Here's a little list of what you can go with.
Shuttle from the airport to the street corner next to the con hotel:
$2.60  (goes every 20 to 30 minutes)
Room at the con hotel for four nights devided by four persons:
$130 with taxes included
  (there's about a dozen hotels in walking distance, you can get cheaper than that)
actual convention attendance fee:
$40 preregistered
  ($45 or 50 at worst otherwise for registration at the con site)
two bagels ($1.49 each) + milk + orange juice at Bruegger's Bagel Bakery beneath the Omni Penn hotel:
$6.40somethinghuge meat and eggs breakfast plate at the Steel City Diner:
$7.something to 8.somethingAnthrocon special 6" sub + free refill drink + chips at Fernando's:
$5.0020oz (.591 liter) cold beverage at the Quik-E Mart:
$1.57big mug of coffee at the Steel City Diner:
$1.07Cold water at the con hotel:
$0.00one-dollar-badge by Gideon:
$1.00average smut cd, t-shirt or sketch commission:
$20.00meeting thousands of other insane furries:
priceless. (sorry Mastercard, couldnt resist. )
That should help a bit I hope.