Originally Posted by exerda

It will mean adding nonsensical connections for sure. This year, I'll be at 47 PQF and feel like I was on planes way more than necessary (it helped I took several EAS routes with a stop where I didn't even deplane--8 of those 47 were through such trips). Next year, it will mean turning that west coast nonstop into an IAD-ORD-LAX or IAD-DEN-SFO, etc., and all the increased hassle that connections introduce, particularly irrops.