Independence Air iClub - Fare Sale Announced (Feb 22 - 24) - $84 IAD - West Coast

This will be released tomorrow AM, but the fare's go on sale at midnight tonight.
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Independence Air Announces Special Three-Day-Only Fare Sale
Non-Stop Flights From Washington to Florida and the East As Low As $64 One Way;
Connecting Flights As Low As $84

Dulles, VA, (February 22, 2005) – Low-fare airline Independence Air (Nasdaq: FLYi) is proud to announce a special three-day-only fare sale—good for travel from March 1st through May 25th. The special fares are on sale now, but will only be available through the end of the day Thursday, February 24th.

Non-stop flights between Washington Dulles and Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, New York, Boston, Atlanta and all other Independence Air destinations east of the Mississippi are priced as low as $64 one way. Non-stops from Washington to Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Jose start as low as $84 one way.

Connecting flights through Washington Dulles to/from any Independence Air destination east of the Mississippi are on sale for as low as $84 one way, with connecting flights to/from Las Vegas and the West Coast as low as $104 one way.

Fares on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the sale period will be available for $10 less one way than the fares quoted above.

Independence Air currently serves a total of 40 destinations, with Las Vegas service to start on March 1st and service to five West Coast destinations beginning in April and May
(4/14: San Diego, 5/1: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Jose).

All sale fares require only a seven-day advance travel purchase via the internet, at FLYi.com or through a travel agency, are limited and may not be available on all flights or all days. Travel must be purchased by Thursday, February 24th at 12:00 midnight Eastern Standard Time. Fare sale details and restrictions are seen below.

Members of the Independence Air iCLUB frequent flyer program will also earn double iPOINTS for all travel completed by June 30, 2005, including trips booked at these special fares. Double iPOINTS details and restrictions are seen below.

Examples of specific one-way sale fares include the following:

Washington – Orlando $64
Washington – Tampa $64
Washington – West Palm Beach $64
Washington – Fort Myers $64
Washington – Jacksonville $64
Washington – Las Vegas $84
Washington – San Francisco $84
Washington – Los Angeles $84
Burlington – Orlando $84
Detroit – Tampa $84
Albany – West Palm Beach $84
Stewart/Newburgh – Orlando $84
Hartford – Fort Myers $84
Portland, ME – Orlando $84
Syracuse – Las Vegas $104
New York – Las Vegas $104
Norfolk – San Francisco $104
Columbia – Los Angeles $104
Charleston – Las Vegas $104

Wow. Tuesday and Wednesday travel from IAD-LAX is only $148 plus tax roundtrip...the lowest transcon fare I've ever seen from the DC area.

I hope AA and UA will be matching. As much as I like Independence Air for shorthauls, I'd never fly them to the West Coast because I wouldn't earn the 9000+ redeemable miles I do as an AA/US elite.

Will there be any buy-on-board food options on the Independence transcons?

Will there be any buy-on-board food options on the Independence transcons?

It won't matter if you aren't going to fly them. :rolleyes:

(seriously) I don't know - good question that I haven't heard anything about. That might be something to call or write about. I would imagine they would have something.

I would expect AA/UA and all others to match these fares.

Whether or not IAD-LAS is a transcon is debatable, but FlyI had it for $44 each way earlier in the year. There have also been some fare wars where US had a $60 each way refundable fare from WAS to the west coast.

For FlyI's sake, it is a good sign that the prices aren't as low as past sales have been (for the east coast markets), no $29/44 junk.

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March 1st through May 25th.

spampurse,
I noticed that this sale isn't for tickets as far out as the previous sale (previous sale was until 6/30/05).
Any idea why that is?

They are probably hoping that the tickets will see at higher fares for Memorial day and summer.

spampurse,
I noticed that this sale isn't for tickets as far out as the previous sale (previous sale was until 6/30/05).
Any idea why that is?

Any idea if the FlyI marketing team can pitch these deals to people successfully (other than the few here on FT?)
I noticed a SMALL ad in the Orlando Sentinel last week or so advertising a few routes for FlyI. I sure hope they can get the word out better than they have been doing...I know a friend who just booked United BOS-IAD (albeit $70 more expensive) because he wanted familiarity with UA and not try some "unknown" airline. (He's not into UA miles, either)

Any idea if the FlyI marketing team can pitch these deals to people successfully (other than the few here on FT?)
I noticed a SMALL ad in the Orlando Sentinel last week or so advertising a few routes for FlyI. I sure hope they can get the word out better than they have been doing...I know a friend who just booked United BOS-IAD (albeit $70 more expensive) because he wanted familiarity with UA and not try some "unknown" airline. (He's not into UA miles, either)

As far as why the fare sale didn't go as far as the last one, I'm not sure. I am just a pawn in the game, and those decisions are made by people that make a LOT more money than me. I don't know if we will get down to the $44 fares for the transcons, but I would bet money that you will see another fare sale for the summer months... considering the incredibly positive response DH has gotten from its other fare sales.

From what I've heard the marketing department is really stepping things up to push the transcons. However, our flight loads for FEB / MAR are incredibly positive with a LOT of full flights and if you consider each one of those customers as possible return customers or at least someone who could say "yeah, I've been on DH and they do a good job" to a friend or family memeber then hopefully DH is making headway on the "name recognition" drought. (But of course more is needed than just word of mouth)