Wierd through (no change) flights
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Wierd through (no change) flights
I found 2 weird one stop same plane flights between Newark and Orlando
1. 27AUG19 WN2325 MCO-AUS-EWR
2. EWR-DEN-MCO (SAW IT BUT CAN'T FIND IT AGAIN SO DON'T HAVE A DATE OR A FLIGHT NUMBER)
1. 27AUG19 WN2325 MCO-AUS-EWR
2. EWR-DEN-MCO (SAW IT BUT CAN'T FIND IT AGAIN SO DON'T HAVE A DATE OR A FLIGHT NUMBER)
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Nothing weird about them. There is likely very little direct traffic on those flights and they are likely almost all O&D between the city pairs, but WN schedules for aircraft utilization rather than connections.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
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Nothing weird about them. There is likely very little direct traffic on those flights and they are likely almost all O&D between the city pairs, but WN schedules for aircraft utilization rather than connections.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
People not paying attention.
Had a relative that bought Nashville-Orlando-Rochester one time. When I looked at her return flight, she got online and changed it.
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I go to MEM for work and there's no direct from ATL. So I'll take the ATL-TPA-MEM (no plane change) intentionally over a plane change in any other city; longer distance but shorter total travel time, eliminate an entire deplaning and lining up again and boarding again cycle, and no chance of missing my connecting flight
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
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I go to MEM for work and there's no direct from ATL. So I'll take the ATL-TPA-MEM (no plane change) intentionally over a plane change in any other city; longer distance but shorter total travel time, eliminate an entire deplaning and lining up again and boarding again cycle, and no chance of missing my connecting flight
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
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I go to MEM for work and there's no direct from ATL. So I'll take the ATL-TPA-MEM (no plane change) intentionally over a plane change in any other city; longer distance but shorter total travel time, eliminate an entire deplaning and lining up again and boarding again cycle, and no chance of missing my connecting flight
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
Nothing weird about them. There is likely very little direct traffic on those flights and they are likely almost all O&D between the city pairs, but WN schedules for aircraft utilization rather than connections.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
Who would buy this? If, the time one goes to purchase a ticket, all that is left is this odd direct flight, that becomes the sole option.
100% agree. I will go out of my way to take a one-stop with with no plane change over a connection, even if the first option gets in a bit later (if we're talking like 3+ hours later, that might be a different story). Usually you can move to a much better seat for the second flight, and you don't have to worry about misconnecting.
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Interesting - my first reaction to the OP was this question that you just answered. Does anyone know on average how many (or percentage) through passengers WN has on its flights?
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I go to MEM for work and there's no direct from ATL. So I'll take the ATL-TPA-MEM (no plane change) intentionally over a plane change in any other city; longer distance but shorter total travel time, eliminate an entire deplaning and lining up again and boarding again cycle, and no chance of missing my connecting flight
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
There's tons of these; today you can ATL-BWI-TPA without a plane change...if you want
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An older but still relevant link for this discussion;
https://www.southwestaircommunity.co...ers/ba-p/42760
https://www.southwestaircommunity.co...ers/ba-p/42760
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An older but still relevant link for this discussion;
https://www.southwestaircommunity.co...ers/ba-p/42760
https://www.southwestaircommunity.co...ers/ba-p/42760
I can see the scheduled has changed (not surprising given that was 4 years ago). I can find WN 3 only for DAL-HOU. There is no nonstop ICT-DAL flight.
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I liked direct flights when I was flying a lot. My "best" one in the odd category was ALB-MCO-BNA on a Saturday. It was the first weekend of Spring Break in parts of New York and the last weekend of spring break in Nashville. It was like a trip to summer camp.
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Wow, you mean flights (or anything else) don't always go as planned 100% of the time?!?!?
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As you are the one that said "and no chance of missing my connecting flight", you might want to ask yourself that question. I can only comment on what you write. I'm not a mind reader.