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Old Jan 17, 2015, 11:07 pm
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cbn42
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Originally Posted by ludocdoc
Manchester "Boston" is linked to Boston by daily bus service. I think they used the addition of Boston to the airport's name to justify jacking parking prices to levels almost equal to the airport that is actually in Boston.
Many airports do this: Manchester-Boston, LA/Ontario, and so on. I think it's a rather sneaky tactic that is designed to mislead people. If someone isn't familiar with the area and is doing a search for flights, they might think that Manchester is a neighborhood in/near Boston, and book their flight there, only to later find out that it's going to cost them a lot of time and money to actually get to Boston.

When multiple airports have the name "Boston" in them, there is no way of figuring out which one is actually in the city unless you take the time to research it. The MHT airport authority is counting on people being lazy. We frequent fliers know better, but many people don't.
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