Mileage Run Cities
Dec 5, 2001, 9:07 am
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Mileage Run Cities
I would like to know if there is a good way to find cities that have cheap same day fares. I am 1,054 miles short of Plat and need to take a quick flight. I have been plugging pairs (EWR-XXX) into Orbitz to try and find cheap fares. I am looking for a 12/8 departure and return or a late PM 12/8 arrival with an early 1 AM 12/9 departure.
Is there any good tool or way to use Dream Maps to find something like this out? Or is my hunt and peck method the way everyone else does it too?
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Is there any good tool or way to use Dream Maps to find something like this out? Or is my hunt and peck method the way everyone else does it too?
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Dec 5, 2001, 11:07 am
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Well, you mentioned Dream Maps on www.travelocity.com, that is one of the best ways I have found. Also check the mileage run forum on this board regularly. I also keep an eye on certain cities that have a history of good mile to fare ratios from where I live, using Travelocity fare watcher updates. From San Francisco area, MCO, TPA, JAX, FLL are excellent ones to keep an eye on, for example.
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Dec 5, 2001, 12:20 pm
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Try out of NYC as well. There is a $118 r/t to many Florida destinations out of LGA with no min. and 7 day adv.
Dec 5, 2001, 12:44 pm
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When you think of low fares with minimum restrictions think of cities served by Southwest Airlines. It might be worth the drive to ISP or BDL.
Dec 5, 2001, 2:56 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mlawless:
I would like to know if there is a good way to find cities that have cheap same day fares. I am 1,054 miles short of Plat and need to take a quick flight. I have been plugging pairs (EWR-XXX) into Orbitz to try and find cheap fares. I am looking for a 12/8 departure and return or a late PM 12/8 arrival with an early 1 AM 12/9 departure.
Is there any good tool or way to use Dream Maps to find something like this out? Or is my hunt and peck method the way everyone else does it too?
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I would like to know if there is a good way to find cities that have cheap same day fares. I am 1,054 miles short of Plat and need to take a quick flight. I have been plugging pairs (EWR-XXX) into Orbitz to try and find cheap fares. I am looking for a 12/8 departure and return or a late PM 12/8 arrival with an early 1 AM 12/9 departure.
Is there any good tool or way to use Dream Maps to find something like this out? Or is my hunt and peck method the way everyone else does it too?
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Here's the method I just used that I generally find successful for this type of search:
Use FareBrowser (see my sig) to do some searches (for instance, leaving from NYC and flying on CO partners) so that you can drastically narrow down the field. Then start using the E and T (Expedia and Travelocity links) on the right to start checking for more details and availability. Most of the advance and early return data is unknown ('99') in FareBrowser at this point, so don't rely on using those fields in your search. If there's a number other than 99, it's almost always correct, but if it's 99 it's unknown.
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Dec 6, 2001, 9:16 am
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I found BDL-EWR-BWI for the dates you wanted at $157, but that will only get you over via the double miles promotion (assuming they post). You could also try ISP-BWI for $201 - the outbound is ISP-CLE-BWI, but the return is BWI-DTW-CLE-ISP and that would definitely get you over.
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