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Old Jan 24, 2023 | 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by beyondhere
From everywhere north of that, BWI is too far, expensive tolls, no regional transit service, and not worth it with a few exceptions. AA really does have highway robbery pricing on some short haul trips, but one has to figure if they drive to BWI to then fly to a city like ROC or CLE, because AA out of PHL is so expensive, they would consider UA nonstop out of EWR first and then consider driving the full distance as options over driving to BWI to catch a short haul flight.
Any Philadelphian who would drive to BWI or EWR to then fly to CLE or ROC is not the type of passenger AA needs or wants!

Pre-HP merger US actually had a healthy yield premium over AA. So the pricing on PHL short-haul business markets has been consistently high over the years.
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