jetBlue and AA [interline]/DCA slots obtained
Apr 13, 2010, 8:08 am
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Apr 13, 2010, 1:20 pm
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I confirmed today with someone from Corp R.E. that we will be operating out of Term A, the old term. I don't care, I'm just glad we're there 
beggers can't be choosy. 
beggers can't be choosy.
Apr 13, 2010, 1:32 pm
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AS and CO are out of the hallway between A and B. I guess that's A? i have never flown out of that part of DCA before.
Apr 14, 2010, 4:03 am
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Being down at A is annoying for the extra 5 minutes to/from the Metro and because of the antiquated terminal facilities, but not really a surprise that those are the gates available and worthwhile for the sake of having operations at DCA.
Apr 14, 2010, 7:35 am
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To me it's just an interline deal. The same thing that every other airline has with each other. The ability to book flights on 2 seperate airlines with one ticket and the ability to transfer bags. However I just flew with an FO and FA that see this as a beginning of a planned buyout. The FA was/is former TWA and he and the FO went back and forth about this for the entire 4 days. The both said that in under 2 years we will be bought by AA and all of us will be out of jobs.
Apr 14, 2010, 7:36 am
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Nope...you clear security at B for CO, AS and F9 which operate from that section; same checkpoint as DL.
Being down at A is annoying for the extra 5 minutes to/from the Metro and because of the antiquated terminal facilities, but not really a surprise that those are the gates available and worthwhile for the sake of having operations at DCA.
Being down at A is annoying for the extra 5 minutes to/from the Metro and because of the antiquated terminal facilities, but not really a surprise that those are the gates available and worthwhile for the sake of having operations at DCA.
. The same could be said about T5 in JFK when walking from the AirTrain to Ticketing.
Apr 14, 2010, 2:27 pm
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AA's treatment of TWA staff didn't seem too great but then TWA was bust when they acquired them and had little room to bargain. In the case of B6 I suspect the shoe might be very much on the other foot - as it stands today AA has zero chance of affording B6!
Apr 14, 2010, 2:45 pm
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Nope...you clear security at B for CO, AS and F9 which operate from that section; same checkpoint as DL.
Being down at A is annoying for the extra 5 minutes to/from the Metro and because of the antiquated terminal facilities, but not really a surprise that those are the gates available and worthwhile for the sake of having operations at DCA.
Being down at A is annoying for the extra 5 minutes to/from the Metro and because of the antiquated terminal facilities, but not really a surprise that those are the gates available and worthwhile for the sake of having operations at DCA.
and while the walk from the metro isn't fun, using DCA will be much easier then IAD. especially if they have flights to JFK.
i always fly out of midfield or US shuttle. i miss the legal seafoods.
Apr 27, 2010, 8:31 pm
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JetBlue just filed a $99 DCA-BOS fare and a $139 DCA-MCO fare, for travel after 01 Nov, booking before 05 May. Unless they're just fooling around, could they possibly be going to load DCA flights into the schedule before 05 May?
Washington-All Airports, DC (WAS) to Orlando, FL (ORL)
OLX57BN: One way instant purchase fares O, for one way fares
Category 2: DayTime
For -X57 type fares Permitted mon/tue/wed/thu/sat.
Category 4: Flights
For -N type fares The fare component must include travel from/to dca airport.
Category 5: ReservationsTicketing
Unless otherwise specified Reservations are required for all sectors. Waitlist not permitted. Ticketing must be completed by midnight 1 day after reservations are made.
Category 8: Stopovers
Unless otherwise specified No stopovers permitted. No stopover occurs if passenger takes next available flight within 5 hours.
Category 11: Blackouts
For -BN type fares Travel is not permitted 19NOV 10 through 29NOV 10.
Category 14: TravelRestrictions
Unless otherwise specified Valid for travel commencing on/after 01NOV 10. Travel on this fare component must commence by midnight on 15DEC 10.
Category 15: SalesRestrictions
Unless otherwise specified Tickets must be issued on/before 05MAY 10.
OLX57BN: One way instant purchase fares O, for one way fares
Category 2: DayTime
For -X57 type fares Permitted mon/tue/wed/thu/sat.
Category 4: Flights
For -N type fares The fare component must include travel from/to dca airport.
Category 5: ReservationsTicketing
Unless otherwise specified Reservations are required for all sectors. Waitlist not permitted. Ticketing must be completed by midnight 1 day after reservations are made.
Category 8: Stopovers
Unless otherwise specified No stopovers permitted. No stopover occurs if passenger takes next available flight within 5 hours.
Category 11: Blackouts
For -BN type fares Travel is not permitted 19NOV 10 through 29NOV 10.
Category 14: TravelRestrictions
Unless otherwise specified Valid for travel commencing on/after 01NOV 10. Travel on this fare component must commence by midnight on 15DEC 10.
Category 15: SalesRestrictions
Unless otherwise specified Tickets must be issued on/before 05MAY 10.
Apr 27, 2010, 8:51 pm
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I have no idea if they'll load the schedules now or if they are just working on getting some fares published to signal their intentions. There are also fares published for CLT, FLL and JFK. There are not fares published for RDU, PWM, BTV or AUS. Those are the only ones I checked.
Hard to believe they'd fly non-stop to 5 destinations with as few slots as they have, but maybe...
Hard to believe they'd fly non-stop to 5 destinations with as few slots as they have, but maybe...
Apr 28, 2010, 8:05 am
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I have no idea if they'll load the schedules now or if they are just working on getting some fares published to signal their intentions. There are also fares published for CLT, FLL and JFK. There are not fares published for RDU, PWM, BTV or AUS. Those are the only ones I checked.
Hard to believe they'd fly non-stop to 5 destinations with as few slots as they have, but maybe...
Hard to believe they'd fly non-stop to 5 destinations with as few slots as they have, but maybe...
Apr 28, 2010, 8:09 am
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