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Old May 10, 2024 | 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Zacnlinc
For the moment, gone are the days when, after summer season, the EU widebodies landing at PHL would make a trek to LAX/SFO. SFO is out of the picture until T1 is upgraded to have AA widebodies.

I'm currently here in PHL and lament, like other have, how the luxury experience doesn't come our way for west coast PHL bound folks. I tend to go to JFK and just take Amtrak/car rentals to see client in the NYC/NJ/PHL metro areas. But this time I was strictly in PHL and just didn't want to deal with JFK - PHL driving or Amtrak.

Guessing I won't see the inside of the FFL at PHL for a while as I rarely am passing this way to go to EU. I am able to go to EU nonstop from the west coast either from SFO or LAX on AA. And if I want FFL, LAX is where I have to go. No way in the world am I ever expecting a FFL at SFO. We're not worthy!
Yep, there are a LOT of us in the same boat…

My optimism is wide-bodies aside (they tend to fly 1 a day to LAX) when the aging 321Ts are looking for a new home combined with the new XLRs plus a few redundant 788s that are based in PHL there could be an opportunity for a more premium experience in the 12 or so transcon routes a day. We’ll see..
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