NYC No Longer Includes EWR
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Plus this sort of code change wouldn’t stop some people ending up in Sydney Nova Scotia instead of Australia or Grenada instead of Granada and vice versa.
Is AA for example going to start using the 24 hour clock because some people can’t recognise the difference between am / pm? I don’t think so.
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Let's give Newark some credit...
Customers who were planning a romantic weekend getaway in Newark and thought they were getting 48h without ever having to leave the city limits were angry when their flight landed in Queens.
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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.
As a NYC resident (and one who lives in Queens at that), this actually makes me angry.
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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.
Big sigh of relief.
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).
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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.
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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).
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).
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From Cranky Flier: Newark Leaving the NYC City Code Is Not a Big Deal
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As someone who is partially based in Manhattan, EWR is just as viable option as LGA or JFK. This is a negative simply because I now have to do two searches for flights rather than one. For me it is mostly pricing out TATL business class flights.
For example Air France is now flying at least once a day to EWR and it is cheaper than JFK. But it might or might not be cheaper than UA or to EWR or BA to JFK, etc. I can see it all today with one simple search to NYC.
For example Air France is now flying at least once a day to EWR and it is cheaper than JFK. But it might or might not be cheaper than UA or to EWR or BA to JFK, etc. I can see it all today with one simple search to NYC.