Fictional Southwest Shuttle Service
Feb 17, 22, 9:49 pm
#1
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Fictional Southwest Shuttle Service
For forever in the back of my mind I have thought of the idea of a Southwest shuttle. Example a plane flys :
SFO-FAT-LAX-SMF-LAS-BUR-OAK
Another plane might do
SAN-OAK-RNO-FAT-ONT-LAS-PSP
Just make a route like that that kinda makes sense…
Minimal ground time at each station, land, unload, load, takeoff. No cleaning, no loading, just landing and taking off.
But here is what makes it worthwhile. All flights are the same cost. $33 per segment.
In my first example, you want to go SFO-FAT? $33 bucks. SFO-LAS would be $132. SFO-OAK would be $198
No pre-booking fees, no add on fees, just $33 (or whatever price) per segment.
I bet with some thought they could come up with some routes that would make decent money. With Alaska offering the subscription, this might be a way to “fight back”
Would you do it it? $66 SJC-FAT-LAX any time any day? Your return might be LAX-SMF-FAT-SJC for $99.
Just buy a shuttle ticket, no advance notice necessary. .
What route paths would you come up with?
SFO-FAT-LAX-SMF-LAS-BUR-OAK
Another plane might do
SAN-OAK-RNO-FAT-ONT-LAS-PSP
Just make a route like that that kinda makes sense…
Minimal ground time at each station, land, unload, load, takeoff. No cleaning, no loading, just landing and taking off.
But here is what makes it worthwhile. All flights are the same cost. $33 per segment.
In my first example, you want to go SFO-FAT? $33 bucks. SFO-LAS would be $132. SFO-OAK would be $198
No pre-booking fees, no add on fees, just $33 (or whatever price) per segment.
I bet with some thought they could come up with some routes that would make decent money. With Alaska offering the subscription, this might be a way to “fight back”
Would you do it it? $66 SJC-FAT-LAX any time any day? Your return might be LAX-SMF-FAT-SJC for $99.
Just buy a shuttle ticket, no advance notice necessary. .
What route paths would you come up with?
Feb 17, 22, 11:40 pm
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Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti
For forever in the back of my mind I have thought of the idea of a Southwest shuttle... Minimal ground time at each station, land, unload, load, takeoff. No cleaning, no loading, just landing and taking off...But here is what makes it worthwhile. All flights are the same cost. $33 per segment...Just buy a shuttle ticket, no advance notice necessary. .
Feb 19, 22, 12:18 am
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti
What route paths would you come up with?
Oh wait...
Originally Posted by Tanic
You pretty much described WN, pre-1990.
Feb 19, 22, 12:52 am
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: LAX/SMF/PDX/HNL
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Sounds like PSA Airlines "midnight flyer" service. Dirt cheap, but from San Diego to Sacramento required stops in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno.
United used to have flights from SMF to LAX with stops in Fresno (or was it Stockton ?) and Bakersfield.
United used to have flights from SMF to LAX with stops in Fresno (or was it Stockton ?) and Bakersfield.
