Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 34617059)

I'm guessing that customers were searching for NYC, didn't look at the results carefully, and later were upset/angry when they missed the flight or discovered after purchase that their tickets were from NJ and not NY.

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 34617177)

Apparently all the hubbub arose from one Lufthansa screenshot?

Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 34617059)

I'm guessing that customers were searching for NYC, didn't look at the results carefully, and later were upset/angry when they missed the flight or discovered after purchase that their tickets were from NJ and not NY.

Originally Posted by Schnit (Post 34618481)

Now if only we could get the Giants/Jets to drop NY from their names...

Originally Posted by DELee (Post 34616336)

One less thing for NYers to complain about.

David

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 34616392)

How is the number of people who can use any of the airports limited? The vast majority of tourists coming to NY will be going to Manhattan (or maybe north Brooklyn), which makes EWR a very easy trip on public transportation. Same for many business travelers coming to the city - it's much easier to get to/from Midtown or lower Manhattan by transit from EWR than from either of the Queens airports. If EWR is considered a different city, then what about BWI/DCA/IAD? Both BWI and IAD are way farther away from DC than EWR is from Manhattan.

As a NYC resident (and one who lives in Queens at that), this actually makes me angry.

Originally Posted by DELee (Post 34618629)

They'd want stadia built out over the Hudson or East River and funded by taxpayers.

David

Originally Posted by Schnit (Post 34618652)

MetLife stadium wasn't enough?

Originally Posted by DELee (Post 34618658)

Short of buying some corner of Manhattan for stadia, probably not.

David

Originally Posted by Schnit (Post 34618697)

how would that get the teams to drop NY from their names?

Originally Posted by mjm (Post 34617198)

Thankfully this has been cleared up by the article posted by angetenar above. A change like this to accommodate people not knowing how to check the details of their reservation prior pushing the "Purchase" button did not make any sense at all actually. There are too many other similar codes that would be unaffected by such a change as the EWR one. The ability to price differently and set different airports as part of or excluded from a co-terminal definition makes eminently more sense.

Big sigh of relief.

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 34616392)

How is the number of people who can use any of the airports limited? The vast majority of tourists coming to NY will be going to Manhattan (or maybe north Brooklyn), which makes EWR a very easy trip on public transportation. Same for many business travelers coming to the city - it's much easier to get to/from Midtown or lower Manhattan by transit from EWR than from either of the Queens airports. If EWR is considered a different city, then what about BWI/DCA/IAD? Both BWI and IAD are way farther away from DC than EWR is from Manhattan.

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 34619317)

Returning to this topic a day later, would any airline be stupid/evil enough to actually remove EWR from the NYC coterminal grouping? If I were facing a multi-hour delay to LGA and was refused the chance to change to a departing flight to EWR because "it's not the same destination," I'd be livid.

I have a hard time thinking a US air carrier would do that, but maybe foreign airlines? (As I guess was perhaps alluded to with regard to Lufthansa).

Originally Posted by angetenar (Post 34616997)

From Cranky Flier: Newark Leaving the NYC City Code Is Not a Big Deal