Originally Posted by
ijgordon
I never really understood the LGA/EWR difference to ORD. EWR had/has CO/UA/AA and LGA has IIRC UA/AA/DL. You can get a cheap fare ex-LGA without onerous adv purch requirements, but from EWR if you're < 7 days the fares can be quite high. Is WN still flying LGA-MDW? Maybe that's it.
Because EWR isn't really part of the NYC market
AFAIK WN still flies LGA-MDW.
It's not just the <7 days from EWR issue - you can put in a EWR-ORD r/t on CO 330 days from now and it's still going to be 3x that from LGA (I see $722 + tax for an Aug '12 trip). It's that they have a monopoly at the airport.