PAE Isn’t SEA (XXX Isn't YYY)
May 23, 2023, 9:42 pm
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PAE Isn’t SEA (XXX Isn't YYY)
Everett (PAE) isn’t Seattle. OAK and SJC aren’t referred to as San Francisco, so why isn’t Everett listed as Everett? I forgot I booked from PAE. Glad I remembered before I drove to SEA! This seems fairly new.
May 23, 2023, 9:53 pm
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You can choose to search “All Airports” or the specific airport on Desktop, and on the App it allows you to select which airport you want and search results will exclude all others. I’m also certain it gives a fairly apparent warning with regards to choosing the correct airport. This is the case for Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Seattle. There is no perfect solution, and I’m not even sure the current system is a problem.
May 23, 2023, 10:42 pm
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That's absurd. There is no way the average flyer would know to go to Everett and not SeaTac.
May 23, 2023, 10:50 pm
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You can choose to search “All Airports” or the specific airport on Desktop, and on the App it allows you to select which airport you want and search results will exclude all others. I’m also certain it gives a fairly apparent warning with regards to choosing the correct airport. This is the case for Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Seattle. There is no perfect solution, and I’m not even sure the current system is a problem.
If I remember right, last time I flew out of IAD it specidied Dulles. Just putting "Seattle, WA" is definitely going to send some people to the wrong airport when they could absolutely say "Everett WA"
May 23, 2023, 11:00 pm
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this is an unanticipated consequence of the latest booking engine update that added PAE to the Seattle entry in the *alphabetical* dropdown lists for origin and destination
we’ll have to retrain ourselves to drag the cursor down to “Seattle/Tacoma - SEA” rather than just clicking
May 23, 2023, 11:07 pm
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You’re missing my point. I purposely chose to fly out of Paine field. I fly at least three times a month with the majority of flights out of SEA. The app should show the correct airport on your trips.
May 23, 2023, 11:20 pm
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You can choose to search “All Airports” or the specific airport on Desktop, and on the App it allows you to select which airport you want and search results will exclude all others. I’m also certain it gives a fairly apparent warning with regards to choosing the correct airport. This is the case for Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Seattle. There is no perfect solution, and I’m not even sure the current system is a problem.
But it gets better! If you search for SEA, you get both airports with Seattle, WA (SEA-Seattle/Tacoma Int) as the first option. However, if you search for Seattle, you also get both airports but Seattle, WA (PAE-Seattle/Everett) is now the first option.
If we look at the immediate coterminals in Los Angeles & the Bay area, only LAX-SNA is farther than SEA-PAE.
The search results should be relevant and ordered accordingly. The prior example exemplifies that it doesn't have to be alphabetical.
James
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May 23, 2023, 11:28 pm
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May 24, 2023, 4:45 am
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Yeah, that's definitely new, it said Dulles, VA last time I flew out of IAD.
May 24, 2023, 6:12 am
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Also the SJC reference in the OP is weird. San Jose has a larger population than San Francisco. Oakland is smaller, but still one of the largest cities in America.
Everett has 1/7 the population of Seattle.
if you forget what airport you booked at and can't be bothered to look at the three letter code, you risk the error that dozens of people make every day at LGA/JFK, DCA/IAD, LIN/MXP, LHR/LGW, HND/NRT... At some point, the passenger needs to take responsibility.
Everett has 1/7 the population of Seattle.
if you forget what airport you booked at and can't be bothered to look at the three letter code, you risk the error that dozens of people make every day at LGA/JFK, DCA/IAD, LIN/MXP, LHR/LGW, HND/NRT... At some point, the passenger needs to take responsibility.
May 24, 2023, 7:24 am
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May 24, 2023, 8:21 am
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So what *is* the problem? Some sort of regional pride finding it offensive to say Seattle instead of Everett?
Note, Paine Field's own marketing materials refer to it as serving "Seattle", "Seattle and Northwest Washington," and "Seattle/Everett." Paine Field itself is also outside Everett city limits.
Note, Paine Field's own marketing materials refer to it as serving "Seattle", "Seattle and Northwest Washington," and "Seattle/Everett." Paine Field itself is also outside Everett city limits.