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Old Nov 24, 2020 | 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by writerguyfl
Maybe I'm out of touch with what "normal" people do over a 3-day weekend. Do many people take 5+ hours transcontinental flights over a 3-day weekend?

Personally, I doubt that Los Angeles is high on the list of leisure destinations for New Yorkers over the MLK Jr. holiday weekend. As such, trying to use this as a data point for relative health of a given airline seems suspect.
I once (actually twice I think) did a day trip to LA (and yes on leisure)... so never say never

Though I think you are right in that they are just trying to better match capacity to demand.

-J.
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