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Old Mar 14, 2012, 7:59 pm
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Delta Cancels Direct flights between DCA and BOS
Used to be a regular shuttle but is gone as of this week. What gives?

USAirways still has a shuttle, maybe they couldn't compete..
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 8:13 pm
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Originally Posted by randal04
Used to be a regular shuttle but is gone as of this week. What gives?

USAirways still has a shuttle, maybe they couldn't compete..
Two words: slot swap.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ht-loaded.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ruary-1st.html
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 8:30 pm
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yep, really bites
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 8:32 pm
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Delta is slowly vacating DCA. It's been in progress for over a year.
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 9:22 pm
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Amazing! Another direct flight gone, I have top tier status with Delta but whats the point!! From Boston they fly No where direct anymore.. I am better off with Jetblue or even AA at this point, at least they have direct flights to some Major cities.
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 9:33 pm
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Yep, this was all about the slot swaps. To take over NY, DL threw WAS under the bus. Sad for many, including me, but for whatever reason, DCA was not part of DL's big picture.
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 9:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Sez_Who
Yep, this was all about the slot swaps. To take over NY, DL threw WAS under the bus. Sad for many, including me, but for whatever reason, DCA was not part of DL's big picture.
high prices/less competition
Lets see how long US has the BOS-LGA freq.
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 9:51 pm
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It's a bummer for elites in the abandoned cities, but I totally understand the business move.

BTW curious if anyone will fly DCA-LGA-BOS just for the miles vs. doing ua...
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Old Mar 14, 2012, 10:08 pm
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Originally Posted by owner1
Amazing! Another direct flight gone, I have top tier status with Delta but whats the point!! From Boston they fly No where direct anymore.. I am better off with Jetblue or even AA at this point, at least they have direct flights to some Major cities.
And that's a decision for you, the traveler, to make. It's entirely your decision.

DL doesn't stay in a market just because it has several "top tier" fliers there.

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Old Mar 14, 2012, 10:24 pm
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Amazing! Another direct flight gone, I have top tier status with Delta but whats the point!! From Boston they fly No where direct anymore..
No where??
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 4:11 am
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I assume that DL did not have the government contract on this route or they would have kept the nonstop service.
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 8:13 am
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Originally Posted by owner1
Amazing! Another direct flight gone, I have top tier status with Delta but whats the point!! From Boston they fly No where direct anymore.. I am better off with Jetblue or even AA at this point, at least they have direct flights to some Major cities.
Not to let facts get in the way of comparing DL and AA, but DL serves almost 3x as many destinations from Boston.
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by longtimelurker
Not to let facts get in the way of comparing DL and AA, but DL serves almost 3x as many destinations from Boston.
But apparently no Major cities.
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 8:22 am
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Originally Posted by longtimelurker
Not to let facts get in the way of comparing DL and AA, but DL serves almost 3x as many destinations from Boston.
And that's great, but it would really be nice to do so without a connection once in awhile.
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by SeaClay007
And that's great, but it would really be nice to do so without a connection once in awhile.
I should have been more clear: DL serves 3x as many destinations with non-stop flights.
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