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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:19 pm
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AS begin service/innaugural flights

Why are they on such goofy odd days like Wednesdays and Thursdays?
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by ANC
Why are they on such goofy odd days like Wednesdays and Thursdays?
Clearly, it's to make you take off work to fly them!
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:37 pm
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possibly or to throw my schedule all out of wack
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:38 pm
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truth be told though, its the reason I havent been able to fly most of them over the years. Was just looking at JFK and thers no way thats going to happen. Thats the 6 or 8th new service destination I cant find a way to do it because its a Wednesday. Im doing MKE mainly because Ive been such advocate for it even though its also a Wednesday.
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:39 pm
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Probably to target business travelers over leisure travelers and days which may be less likely to be overbooked or fully booked.
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by safra1
Probably to target business travelers over leisure travelers and days which may be less likely to be overbooked or fully booked.
lots of biz travelers flying to JFK on a balmy Wednesday mid September red eye ?
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 8:52 pm
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Hi -

If I was starting a new service, I would love to have a dress rehearsal to make sure all of the service components were in place and functioning properly.

By starting on a Tuesday/Wednesday, a less-than-full-flight makes it easier to shake out the kinks before the peak Friday/Sunday flights.
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Old Mar 17, 2015, 10:21 pm
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Originally Posted by ANC
Why are they on such goofy odd days like Wednesdays and Thursdays?
Maximum publicity. Most tech launches are on T, W or Th (Apple Watch excepted).
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Publicity reason and kink-elimination reason sound correct to me.
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Old Mar 18, 2015, 3:58 pm
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ah ok, sounds like good reasons. Its something Ive always wondered
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