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Old Mar 6, 2012, 5:12 pm
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rwsteelers
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Nothern NJ
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Arbritrage and airfares

Last week - before integration day I was looking to book travel three weeks out NYC - MSP - I'm inpartial EWR or LGA

CO.com quoted me approx $1,100, nuts, so I went to .bomb...same planes 1/2 the price...unfortunately those days are gone

Good news is NY can be a competitive market, so last minute trip to RDU today, United again >$1,100 same day return, this time US Air half the price on a jet rather than a turbo-prop and more flight options. Only question in my mind...who is paying these crazy rates to UA?
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