Wish DCA-SAT was a route offered while I was living in SAT. But if I get a work or personal trip to SAT I may have to route via DCA to get this new line!
Originally Posted by
teemuflyer
I suppose I should be happy for my "neighbor" city, but SAT? Military sure, but those tickets aren't exactly sold at a premium by AA., so interesting choice.
Military and all USG employees travel on GSA City Pair Fares at contracted rates for the fiscal year (FY). Sometimes the GSA city-pair fare is "cheap" for a given city pair and sometimes it's quite pricey. I am one of the travel reviewer/approvers in my org and we frequently have people going to Washington, DC and the DAY-DCA-DAY ticket this fiscal year is nearly $1K round trip (with no capacity restricted discount fares).
Now despite having the new nonstop, there's no guarantee AA will get the GSA contract in the next FY when it bids again so that could be interesting too to see how greedy AA gets with its bid on this route. .