SEA to Monterey, CA (MRY) Announced
Jan 16, 2020, 9:54 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,610
Flights leaving around noon seems like such a stupid time - for business folks this won't work because its the middle of the day, and for leisure folks it won't work because it eats up a vacation day, so you can't even make a good weekend trip out of it.
Besides people who are absolutely unable to make the drive down from SJC, who exactly is the target audience for such horribly timed flights - why wouldn't anyone simply get the cheaper fares to SJC early morning or the previous evening and drive down?
Besides people who are absolutely unable to make the drive down from SJC, who exactly is the target audience for such horribly timed flights - why wouldn't anyone simply get the cheaper fares to SJC early morning or the previous evening and drive down?
Jan 16, 2020, 11:03 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: SAN
Programs: AS Mileage Plan 100k, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 991
Flights leaving around noon seems like such a stupid time - for business folks this won't work because its the middle of the day, and for leisure folks it won't work because it eats up a vacation day, so you can't even make a good weekend trip out of it.
Besides people who are absolutely unable to make the drive down from SJC, who exactly is the target audience for such horribly timed flights - why wouldn't anyone simply get the cheaper fares to SJC early morning or the previous evening and drive down?
Besides people who are absolutely unable to make the drive down from SJC, who exactly is the target audience for such horribly timed flights - why wouldn't anyone simply get the cheaper fares to SJC early morning or the previous evening and drive down?
Noon flights are awesome.
Jan 16, 2020, 11:28 am
#19
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PAE
Programs: AS MVPG75K, exiled from AA (2.7MM)
Posts: 122
Meh, being a SAN based guy I usually burn a day travelling no matter where I am going, so the noon departure is actually kind of nice because I am not getting up pre-dawn for the 0630 rush out of SAN, and avoiding rush hour traffic for a 10 AM flight. Security and the lounge tend to be pretty empty as well.
Noon flights are awesome.
Noon flights are awesome.
Agree with other posters that MRY has a great location, but it's not very pleasant going through security. And there is nothing after security.
It's hard to imagine AS would consider MRY co-terminal with SJC/SFO/OAK. No one else does.
Feb 22, 2021, 10:55 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MRY/SFO/SJC
Programs: AS MVP, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 7,784
I was on the inaugural 11 Feb 21 AS 3376 MRY SEA.
The flight was cancelled the day before due to the weather at SEA (snow), re-routed itineraries through SAN, but got a call a few hours later from the MRY staff that it was back on.
Gate 4 all decked out.
There were approximately 9 up front and 15 in the back.
Champagne and other beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and cookies to celebrate the new route.
Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach.
The flight was cancelled the day before due to the weather at SEA (snow), re-routed itineraries through SAN, but got a call a few hours later from the MRY staff that it was back on.
Gate 4 all decked out.
There were approximately 9 up front and 15 in the back.
Champagne and other beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and cookies to celebrate the new route.
Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach.
Last edited by boxo; Feb 22, 2021 at 11:00 am
Feb 22, 2021, 11:48 am
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,356
dang, how come nobody bumped this thread a week or so before to let folks know it was back on the schedule? I could have easily claimed connectivity issues in the middle of 0900-1100 work Zoom, and driven down to SEA for the 1145 departure
Feb 22, 2021, 12:10 pm
#22
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MRY/SFO/SJC
Programs: AS MVP, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 7,784
Btw, I was also on the AS ABQ SAN flight a few years ago and there was no celebration on either end.
Feb 22, 2021, 12:43 pm
#23
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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Posts: 316
I was on it 2/15 as it was cancelled both 2/13 & 14 due to the storms. I have been waiting for it for 15+ years as I usually had to fly to SJC and rent a car. Thank you Alaska!!
Feb 22, 2021, 1:00 pm
#24
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MRY/SFO/SJC
Programs: AS MVP, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 7,784
I started out from SLC that day and had the same plane/crew all the way home.
Feb 23, 2021, 12:39 pm
#25
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan; Formerly SEA
Programs: AS MVPG | oneworld Sapphire
Posts: 578
Nice touch for the inaugural. I hope they do something similar for CVG. Maybe serve chili, goetta, Graeter's, bourbon, and beer. Choose any four.
Feb 23, 2021, 6:18 pm
#26
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,356
Monterey -- be careful in the wintertime, as it can be quite foggy on that side of the Salinas-Monterey highway, especially in the morning. Come to think of it, afternoon flights are better anyway, as the fog has usually burned off by noonish...
Feb 23, 2021, 6:24 pm
#27
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,356
Monterey -- be careful in the wintertime, as it can be quite foggy on that side of the Salinas-Monterey highway, especially in the morning. Come to think of it, afternoon flights are better anyway, as the fog has usually burned off by noonish...
Feb 23, 2021, 9:42 pm
#28
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MRY/SFO/SJC
Programs: AS MVP, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 7,784
Summer is our foggiest season, the months of Gray May, June Gloom, No Sky July, Fogust, and occasionally, there's Fogtober. September is usually our warmest month, but generally a mild climate year round. Blue skies and sun this week, forecasted to be a high of 70F.
Feb 24, 2021, 7:03 am
#29
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.1MM Gold | MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,267
Time for me to visit MRY!
Feb 26, 2021, 12:12 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: CA USA
Programs: UA 1K 2.85MM // AS MVPG100K // TK Elite Plus // AA EXP // Bonvoy TE // Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 356
I was also on this flight in 1D. 
And was booked 2/14 for the return (canceled) and rebooked to 2/15 again in 1D. Sorry to "miss" you.
And was booked 2/14 for the return (canceled) and rebooked to 2/15 again in 1D. Sorry to "miss" you.
