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...does Delta Airlines have flights to Columbia, Asheville, Charleston, and Charlotte from Atlanta late at night around 11pm but not Greenville-Spartanburg? This caused me to have to drive to Atlanta last night to pick up my dad at the airport there and not get back into Greenville until 2am in the morning. If it's not expensive fares at GSP, it's sucky connections.
...does Delta Airlines have flights to Columbia, Asheville, Charleston, and Charlotte from Atlanta late at night around 11pm but not Greenville-Spartanburg? This caused me to have to drive to Atlanta last night to pick up my dad at the airport there and not get back into Greenville until 2am in the morning. If it's not expensive fares at GSP, it's sucky connections.
FYI, no guarantees of getting in on the last flight into GSP - I travel quite frequently and have had 'maintenance' issues on flights more than once usually thru US Air/CLT however I hear this happens from time to time on Delta as well...NEVER fly in to GSP on the last flight.
GSP, which I always fly out of b/c it's a breeze and too simple, is a joke if you are trying to get in on the last flight in...Airlines would rather cancel and put you up in a hotel than fly a half full plane at 11PM.
Sad but true...
This topic is a moot point to me. As a business traveler, I NEVER take the last flight of the day from any city. You are simply bending over and asking to be.....you know.
This topic is a moot point to me. As a business traveler, I NEVER take the last flight of the day from any city. You are simply bending over and asking to be.....you know.
Flights could end at 7:00 PM and I'd be happy.
He didn't take the last flight to begin with. The one from SLC-ATL got delayed a few hours which caused him to miss his original connection from ATL-GSP. He had to be to work this morning also.
All I want know is why these other metro areas (some of them smaller than GSP) have late-night Delta flights from Atlanta but we don't?
He didn't take the last flight to begin with. The one from SLC-ATL got delayed a few hours which caused him to miss his original connection from ATL-GSP. He had to be to work this morning also.
All I want know is why these other metro areas (some of them smaller than GSP) have late-night Delta flights from Atlanta but we don't?
GSP has a flight from Atlanta that leaves at 10:00 PM. All flights in a late evening bank can't leave from a hub at the same time....physically impossible. Actually, the earlier in a bank of flights you can leave the better, less connection time (down time). AVL last flight of the day is 9:52 and CAE has a last flight at 10:53. Within that hour bank, all flights go out. Does that one hour really make a difference? Not to Delta and not to 99% of their passengers.
Looking at the schedule, I don't see any "late night" flights to other metros. Last flights out all leave between 9:45 and 11:00.
GSP has a flight from Atlanta that leaves at 10:00 PM. All flights in a late evening bank can't leave from a hub at the same time....physically impossible. Actually, the earlier in a bank of flights you can leave the better, less connection time (down time). AVL last flight of the day is 9:52 and CAE has a last flight at 10:53. Within that hour bank, all flights go out. Does that one hour really make a difference? Not to Delta and not to 99% of their passengers.
Looking at the schedule, I don't see any "late night" flights to other metros. Last flights out all leave between 9:45 and 11:00.
What I mean by late-night is ones that leave around 11pm like you see to CAE. I wish GSP's left at that time so people delayed from other places going to ATL have a better chance of making that flight than having to wait around until next morning, renting a car that night, or having somebody drive 3 hours to the airport to pick them up. That one hour makes a huge difference when you just barely miss your connection.
What I mean by late-night is ones that leave around 11pm like you see to CAE. I wish GSP's left at that time so people delayed from other places going to ATL have a better chance of making that flight than having to wait around until next morning, renting a car that night, or having somebody drive 3 hours to the airport to pick them up. That one hour makes a huge difference when you just barely miss your connection.
10:00 or 10:53....I personally don't see a difference. I say just get rid of airlines totally and create Star Trek type transporters.....ON DEMAND TRAVEL.
But....what about people going to CAE on the 10:53 who get delayed and don't get in until 11:00, would they then need a 12:00 Midnight flight? Delays will always make you say "there needs to be another flight". Delays aren't pretty....they are a part of travel.
10:00 or 10:53....I personally don't see a difference. I say just get rid of airlines totally and create Star Trek type transporters.....ON DEMAND TRAVEL.
But....what about people going to CAE on the 10:53 who get delayed and don't get in until 11:00, would they then need a 12:00 Midnight flight? Delays will always make you say "there needs to be another flight". Delays aren't pretty....they are a part of travel.
People flying to CAE don't deserve to arrive on time to begin with. I kid, I kid. Star Trek travel?
People flying to CAE don't deserve to arrive on time to begin with. I kid, I kid.
LOL! Just think of it this way....most CAE and AVL passengers will soon be going through GSP when Southwest starts.
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This caused me to have to drive to Atlanta last night to pick up my dad at the airport there and not get back into Greenville until 2am in the morning. If it's not expensive fares at GSP, it's sucky connections.
Star Trek travel? 
