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Old Feb 2, 2017 | 12:05 pm
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Originally Posted by indufan
Why exclude BUR and LGB? The latter of which is the best airport in the country IMHO.
Originally Posted by TheMadBrewer
There four flights a day from LGB -- all to SLC. And three from BUR -- again all to SLC. So you will get to love or hate SLC, I guess

More MQMs and MQSs -- and probably more MQDs as flights from those airports are generally more expensive.
A forced double connect is probably the biggest reason to exclude BUR and LGB if you're traveling to any medium-to-smaller city east of roughly San Antonio (like CMH, as OP is). Unless you simply don't care how long it takes to get where you're going. And further, that double-connect means your middle segment is going to be hub-to-hub, which is still going to be highly competitive for upgrades.
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