Longest Domestic Non-Stop
Jun 15, 2017, 11:07 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
I had to look that up because I thought there was no way even WN would actually sell a route like that. Boy was I wrong. $255 WGA fot the dates I selected.
(Nevermind you could buy LAX-PHX-CMH for $136 on AA with 6:15 travel time, or LAX-CMH nonstop for $154 and 4:15 travel time
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Unrelated: The wonderful WN app crashed twice while I was looking that up.
(Nevermind you could buy LAX-PHX-CMH for $136 on AA with 6:15 travel time, or LAX-CMH nonstop for $154 and 4:15 travel time
)Unrelated: The wonderful WN app crashed twice while I was looking that up.
I've found a handful of this type of routing BUR to the east coast.
Jun 15, 2017, 5:22 pm
#18
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: Southwest RR, DL SkyMiles, AAdvantage
Posts: 130
I can beat that: BHM-SFO on 12/22. 14 hours and 30 minutes travel time. One question I have is what happens when you check in at T-24 in BHM - that's 3:30 AM CA time. This ends with a nearly 4-hour layover in BUR then a 1hr20m flight to SFO. I bet you'd get boarding position A-16 since you'd be checking in earlier than T-36 for the last flight, before EB and A-List positions are reserved. A-List positions would be reserved at 4:40 AM for the last segment and you could check in at 3:30!
Jun 15, 2017, 7:07 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
I can beat that: BHM-SFO on 12/22. 14 hours and 30 minutes travel time. One question I have is what happens when you check in at T-24 in BHM - that's 3:30 AM CA time. This ends with a nearly 4-hour layover in BUR then a 1hr20m flight to SFO. I bet you'd get boarding position A-16 since you'd be checking in earlier than T-36 for the last flight, before EB and A-List positions are reserved. A-List positions would be reserved at 4:40 AM for the last segment and you could check in at 3:30!
8/25: PWM-BWI-RDU-DEN-SLC, SLC-PHX-BUR 5 stops, 15:15 total travel time!
8/25: MEM-DAL-SJC-LAX-PHX, PHX-BUR "Only" 4 stops and 13:45 total travel time, but I like that you come all the way to LAX, then backtrack to PHX to get into BUR to save a 45 min drive.
I never even considered that there could be an itinerary so long that checking in at T-24 would put you ahead of the T-36 automatic assignments!
Jun 15, 2017, 8:12 pm
#20
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 616
Here are a couple other good ones:
8/25: PWM-BWI-RDU-DEN-SLC, SLC-PHX-BUR 5 stops, 15:15 total travel time!
8/25: MEM-DAL-SJC-LAX-PHX, PHX-BUR "Only" 4 stops and 13:45 total travel time, but I like that you come all the way to LAX, then backtrack to PHX to get into BUR to save a 45 min drive.
I never even considered that there could be an itinerary so long that checking in at T-24 would put you ahead of the T-36 automatic assignments!
8/25: PWM-BWI-RDU-DEN-SLC, SLC-PHX-BUR 5 stops, 15:15 total travel time!
8/25: MEM-DAL-SJC-LAX-PHX, PHX-BUR "Only" 4 stops and 13:45 total travel time, but I like that you come all the way to LAX, then backtrack to PHX to get into BUR to save a 45 min drive.
I never even considered that there could be an itinerary so long that checking in at T-24 would put you ahead of the T-36 automatic assignments!
Jun 16, 2017, 9:05 am
#22
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: STL
Posts: 1,546
I can beat that: BHM-SFO on 12/22. 14 hours and 30 minutes travel time. One question I have is what happens when you check in at T-24 in BHM - that's 3:30 AM CA time. This ends with a nearly 4-hour layover in BUR then a 1hr20m flight to SFO. I bet you'd get boarding position A-16 since you'd be checking in earlier than T-36 for the last flight, before EB and A-List positions are reserved. A-List positions would be reserved at 4:40 AM for the last segment and you could check in at 3:30!
Your T-24 is 3:30 AM CA time, and T-36 for BUR-SFO is 4:40 AM. But if someone is flying XXX-BUR-SFO, their T-36 might be before 3:30 AM so wouldn't they get a better boarding position than you if they have EBCI or A-List?
Anyone want to book a refundable fare for that routing, see what you get at T-24, then cancel?
Jun 16, 2017, 3:50 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2016
Programs: Southwest RR, DL SkyMiles, AAdvantage
Posts: 130
Your T-24 is 3:30 AM CA time, and T-36 for BUR-SFO is 4:40 AM. But if someone is flying XXX-BUR-SFO, their T-36 might be before 3:30 AM so wouldn't they get a better boarding position than you if they have EBCI or A-List?
Anyone want to book a refundable fare for that routing, see what you get at T-24, then cancel?
Anyone want to book a refundable fare for that routing, see what you get at T-24, then cancel?
I only used EBCI once but had a late A position on a connecting flight. If it was done by passenger it would have probably been earlier in the A's.
Jun 21, 2017, 9:31 am
#26
Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: HH Diamond, EX-AA Explat, WN Loyalist
Posts: 366
Years ago, I remember flying from PVD-Nashville-PHX-LAX-SMF. That...was a long day. Flight got cancelled thru MDW and they routed me that way. Amazed me that my luggage somehow managed to get there...
Sep 11, 2017, 6:18 pm
#27
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: SFO
Posts: 1,748
FNT - SFO ThanksGiving Weekend.
https://imgur.com/a/1haOb
6:50 AM
Depart Flint, MI (FNT) on Southwest Airlines
Stops:
Chicago, IL
Baltimore, MD
Rochester, NY
03:45 PM Arrive in Tampa, FL (TPA)
05:55 PM
Change plane to Southwest Airlines in Tampa, FL (TPA)
Stops:
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
11:30 PM Arrive in San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Travel Time 19 h hours40 mminutes
(6 stops, includes 1 plane change)
https://imgur.com/a/1haOb
6:50 AM
Depart Flint, MI (FNT) on Southwest Airlines
Stops:
Chicago, IL
Baltimore, MD
Rochester, NY
03:45 PM Arrive in Tampa, FL (TPA)
05:55 PM
Change plane to Southwest Airlines in Tampa, FL (TPA)
Stops:
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
11:30 PM Arrive in San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Travel Time 19 h hours40 mminutes
(6 stops, includes 1 plane change)
Sep 11, 2017, 7:01 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: HH Diamond, HGVC, WN RR, National Exec, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,055
FNT - SFO ThanksGiving Weekend.
https://imgur.com/a/1haOb
6:50 AM
Depart Flint, MI (FNT) on Southwest Airlines
Stops:
Chicago, IL
Baltimore, MD
Rochester, NY
03:45 PM Arrive in Tampa, FL (TPA)
05:55 PM
Change plane to Southwest Airlines in Tampa, FL (TPA)
Stops:
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
11:30 PM Arrive in San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Travel Time 19 h hours40 mminutes
(6 stops, includes 1 plane change)
https://imgur.com/a/1haOb
6:50 AM
Depart Flint, MI (FNT) on Southwest Airlines
Stops:
Chicago, IL
Baltimore, MD
Rochester, NY
03:45 PM Arrive in Tampa, FL (TPA)
05:55 PM
Change plane to Southwest Airlines in Tampa, FL (TPA)
Stops:
Austin, TX
Las Vegas, NV
11:30 PM Arrive in San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Travel Time 19 h hours40 mminutes
(6 stops, includes 1 plane change)
