Wonderful.... Cleveland to Seattle flight (2010, apartment, moving)

[ijoe13]

I was really happy to take a direct flight from Cleveland to Seattle a year and a half ago, but apparently, Continental no longer offers that flight. Does anyone know of another airliner offering direct flights from Cleveland to Seattle? A layover in Houston doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.

[Ira500]

Continental still offers non stop flights to Seattle. It's flight 1457, and the non stop from Seattle to Cleveland is flight 274.

[ijoe13]

I just called Continental and was told the non-stop flight is offered from May to October. Well that's better than nothing. We're planning on moving at the end of May, beginning of June 2010, so this should work out since we'll be able to fly out and find an apartment prior to our move. Thanks for the info anyway, Ira.

[seattlenextyear]

I think I just tried looking for a SEA to Cleveland flight and they were all red eyes. I'd rather layover in Houston than try to sleep on a plane.

[pw72]

The 2nd tier hubs, of which SEA and CLE are, can be difficult to get between. I predict it will get worse in the near term as airlines continue to cut back flight options. And CLE with its Continental hub and SEA with Alaska don't offer a lot of competition on many routes.

[ijoe13]

Originally Posted by seattlenextyear

I think I just tried looking for a SEA to Cleveland flight and they were all red eyes. I'd rather layover in Houston than try to sleep on a plane.

Actually, the Continental rep told me the flight to Seattle is a 9AM one, but the one back to Cleve is a red eye.

By the way, I just took a red eye back from San Francisco to Cleveland and didn’t get a wink of sleep.

[bhealed]

Just flew from SEA to CMH via CLE last week and it was direct through both ways or the plan was when storms hit I ended up going through Detroit instead. UGH!!

[mhen]

I'm not actually going to look at flight information, but when I've flown from Pittsburgh to Seattle (or vise versa) I have had layovers in Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver, and Chicago.

Are any of those cities viable? Chicago or Denver?

[packet]

The only direct flights you're going to get from CLE are on Continental as that's one of their hubs. Outside that United and AA have a hub in Chicago, Delta has a hub in Salt Lake. So, those are probably your best alternatives to minimize flight time. Your other option would be United flying through Denver, which I try to avoid like the plague. Outside that, maybe Southwest with a connection through midway in Chicago.