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Old Jun 27, 2013 | 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by MisterBill
Anyway, what is it about PHL that causes the fares to be that much cheaper? Is it competition from US Air? I tried looking for fares out of BDL or ALB hoping they would also exhibit the same "cheaper than NYC" behavior but they weren't cheap. Or is what I am seeing not common and I just got lucky both times?
PHL is my home airport. For four years now I've been pricing TATL fares to various European cities, and JFK is almost always the lowest.

You lucked into random chance, not a consist pattern of lower fares.
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