I had to book a one-way AUS-EFD (Ellington Field in SE Houston) the other day and CO.com provided 9 reasonable options from AUS-IAH-EFD for $102.00 that each lasted anywhere from 2-4 hours. They then listed the following for $674.50:

AUS - MSP 04:30 PM - 07:15 PM
MSP - LAS 09:13 PM - 10:35 PM
LAS - IAH 01:45 AM - 06:32 AM (next day)
IAH - EFD 01:15 PM - 01:43 PM (next day)

(MSP = Minneapolis, LAS = Las Vegas)

Hrmm...:

200 air miles vs. 3600 air miles
$102.00 vs. $674.50
2 hours total vs. 21 hours total




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[This message has been edited by jimbob (edited 01-30-2003).]

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[This message has been edited by fly co to see the yanks (edited 02-03-2003).]

In all honesty, I don't see what the problem with booking engines offering oddball itineraries like the example you gave, provided that they give you the more direct and more reasonably priced ones first. If you scroll down to the bottom, why shouldn't it offer you all of the available options, as long as they are actually valid for ticketing?

I once found myself in BOS, needing to get back to IAH for a business emergency. I had missed the final CO flight of the day, and it was doubtful if I could make the AA flight that connected through ORD. I ended up making that one, but if I hadn't the only option on any combination of carriers that would have gotten me back to IAH in time was flying BOS-LAS on HP, connecting to the CO red-eye LAS-IAH. It would have been nearly twice the distance, and a substantial amount more expensive, but given my circumstances, it would have been the most appropriate choice. I'm glad that I was at least given the choice.

SOOOO Obnoxious! LMAO

- HF

When I checked fares on CO.com for SFO-HNL, it gave me SFO-NYC-HNL!

SFO = San Francisco
NYC = New York City
HNL = Honolulu

don't ya love it?

fly co to see the yanks:

NO!

shocking that you're the one to reply. truly shocking.

i guess there really ARE people out there that take life just a bit too seriously.

[This message has been edited by fly co to see the yanks (edited 01-31-2003).]

On another thread I posted recently that a search for TUS-EWR (That's Tucson-New York's Newark Liberty International Airport) yielded a bunch of 3 segment connections as well as a 2 segment NW (Northwest Airlines) codeshare.

A TUS-EWR search today yields a list topped with a 1-stop TUS-JFK (Thats Tucson-John F Kennedy Airport somewhere in New York) flight.

thanks much.

[This message has been edited by fly co to see the yanks (edited 02-03-2003).]