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Old Oct 28, 2015, 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by LXFlyer
Huh, how do you get to 85 minutes? A few minutes on Airtrain to NJTransit, then a 24 minutes ride to Penn Station, then 10 or so minutes on the E, add some minutes for connections.
It's completely normal for those trains to crawl through northern New Jersey at walking speed with multiple stops in the middle of nowhere. IME, it's kind of the norm in fact.

Originally Posted by SkiUtah
Any tips from the pros how to search the non-stops quickly or am i out of luck here just slow looking each day? I look about twice a day now for over a week now, and just havent seen anything.
This has been true for the last year and a half with ps - almost impossible to score saver awards in economy or business. They may open a few seats within a few days (or hours) of departure, typically on the less desirable flights - 4:25 p.m. departure from SFO, 6 a.m. departure from NYC, etc. But that's a very popular travel period to NYC.
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