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11-11-2010, 10:52 AM
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Location: Dallas, TX
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Originally Posted by QuilterChick
Dang it. It is difficult to get to New England from this area. When I fly out of CLT to PVD or BOS, the flights are always full or overbooked; and vice versa. Go figure. No fun driving down to CLT and back in the winter; CLT airport (and USAir) are notorious for late flights, cancelling flights, or the best one: plane on ground, no crew to fly it. Duh !  |
Remember, you'll still be able to get connecting flights to/from the Northeast & New England from BWI (and probably Nashville & Chicago too). |
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11-11-2010, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimrob1
The ticket actually was no cheaper than on the other airlines.
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have you ever flown out of Greenville? the flights are generally more expensive than out of other airports(CLT, ATL) so a ton of flights will be way cheaper than what people pay now when SW comes. |
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11-11-2010, 08:21 PM
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Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by NoodlesKnowles
have you ever flown out of Greenville? the flights are generally more expensive than out of other airports(CLT, ATL) so a ton of flights will be way cheaper than what people pay now when SW comes.
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I've only flown out of Greenville when my Delta flight made an emergency landing there a couple of years ago. Yes most definitely you will see a drop in fares when SW starts flights. Some much needed competition is always good and generally benefits the flying public. |
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11-11-2010, 09:54 PM
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Location: Chandler, AZ
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That's called 'The Southwest Effect'; an increase in service, and a decrease in fares.
It'll surely give you folks some relief from those airfares to/from Charlotte.
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11-12-2010, 06:59 AM
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Will have to wait and see what they offer for the New England area. In a perfect world, if Jet Blue would come to AVL or even GSP, and had non stops to New England that would be awesome. Best to avoid connections wherever possible.
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11-13-2010, 10:51 PM
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Location: Chandler, AZ
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Unfortunately that is very unlikely to ever happen.
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11-14-2010, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Marv101
Unfortunately that is very unlikely to ever happen.
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Quite a bold statement there. I bet you said the same thing about Southwest coming to GSP too.  |
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11-14-2010, 08:23 AM
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Location: South Carolina
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Originally Posted by QuilterChick
Will have to wait and see what they offer for the New England area. In a perfect world, if Jet Blue would come to AVL or even GSP, and had non stops to New England that would be awesome. Best to avoid connections wherever possible.
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That would be great. Unfortunately, most of my family does not want to have to deal with connections when flying down from Boston or Providence so as of now, I am stuck driving to Charlotte (eventhough I am 10 min. from GSP)  |
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11-14-2010, 08:54 PM
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Location: Chandler, AZ
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What does your family have against connections--they've been a staple of the industry for decades for everybody except Southwest.
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11-14-2010, 09:18 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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Originally Posted by Marv101
What does your family have against connections--they've been a staple of the industry for decades for everybody except Southwest.
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When my mother or MIL is traveling alone, she doesn't like having to worry about connecting flights. I can't blame either of them. |
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