<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dlflyer2:
The only advantage with Airtrain leaving the airport seems to be for those going to Long island or Penn Station. </font>
That is exactly how I feel. For Long Islanders, this is great. For people who start from Penn Station or end there, then AirTrain makes some sense and has a higher value that previous options. For the rest of the travelling public into and out of JFK, the AirTrain is only a marginal change at best and not a financial saving of any significance. For some, the switch to the AirTrain is actually a poorer value proposition than what was had before. I am talking about people who could benefit from taking the A train from Howard Beach for 2 bucks who now must spend 7 bucks but have gained nothing of real value.
[This message has been edited by GUWonder (edited Mar 15, 2004).]