Has Delta cancelled OAK-ATL?
Dec 4, 2019, 9:52 am
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Connection with existing bus lines. SJC is served by bus 10 that connects you with the light rail. You'd connect BART -> Light Rail -> bus 10 -> SJC (convoluted...)
Dec 4, 2019, 10:02 am
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No thanks. I don't even like going to OAK via BART. SFO is so much better since BART actually goes to the airport terminal.
Dec 4, 2019, 10:36 am
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SJC and public transit is annoying, needing to bus to the light rail stop (about a mile away), or to the Caltrain/Amtrak station (which is pretty close to the airport property, but is on non-passenger terminal side of the runway. I suppose SJC makes sense for a lot of people south of Oakland, but as one of those unfortunate people who are north/east of Oakland and would have to basically pass OAK to get to SJC, it's a last resort option for me after OAK and SFO.
I wonder if DL won't compete at OAK in part because it's basically a WN fortress hub (with about 75% of the traffic). Though for a few years, DL was #2 in passenger traffic at OAK (though I understand that full planes doesn't necessarily mean profitable).
I wonder if DL won't compete at OAK in part because it's basically a WN fortress hub (with about 75% of the traffic). Though for a few years, DL was #2 in passenger traffic at OAK (though I understand that full planes doesn't necessarily mean profitable).
Dec 4, 2019, 2:09 pm
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Makes perfect sense, because people inexplicably love WN. I know quite a few people in CA with status on major carriers (or that could have status with major carriers), but they all still prefer WN intra-CA even when they have direct flights available with airline they have status with. A full flight does not necessarily mean a profitable flight.
Dec 4, 2019, 2:12 pm
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Also, thanks to Basic Economy, WN is cheaper than its competition on routes with closely matching fare tables.
Dec 6, 2019, 7:55 am
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In "next network", bus 60 will run from Milpitas BART, to SJC, to Santa Clara Caltrain, to Valley Fair mall (i.e. also Santa Row), terminating in Campbell. (The current 60 runs Caltrain to Campbell.) The 10 bus will be discontinued. Passengers boarding at SJC will not be charged a fare, however passengers boarding elsewhere heading to the airport will be charged.
I don't know if the new routing will use buses with luggage racks. Possibly yes because the current 60 does not have high ridership - it's been a route that gets the oldest most decrepit buses.