current hub cities
 

A rather peculiar question . . . sorry http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

BUT -- my DH and I are currently looking at retirement locations. His passion: fishing! (unfortunately, not deep sea!) Mine: travel!

I'm looking for a retirement location that will satisfy both of us. He wants to be near a large fresh water lake with warm water species (walleye, perch, etc, not trout) and I want to be within 250 miles or so of a hub city where I can have inexpensive travel options available.

Is there a website that has such info? I've tried to locate one; no luck.

We now live in central MT and you can't ever get anywhere inexpensively from here. [For example, I booked 2 award tix to FL for next Feb 2 nights ago. Cost of flight $670 BDL-TPA. That's outrageous, I realize. Which is why I appreciate NW's discounted award travel during the nonpeak 9 months of the year.]

Thanks in advance.

------------------

If retiring is your main option how about in FL? MIA has a AA hub that has a lot of flights to South and Central America.



------------------
Al

Since you currently live in MT, possibly the cold weather is not a factor.

Minnesota sure has tons 'o lakes, and you've got the NW hub at MSP. Since I'm not a fisherperson I can't tell you about the species there, but I hear it's great.

Just as a random note, being in a hub city is good for the number of non-stop flights, but very bad in terms of affordable travel. Hub cities tend to be much more expensive. You'd be better off going for a city that is not a hub and is served by lots of different discount carriers.

hmmm . . . thanks for the insight . . . and those cities served by lots of different discount carriers would be -- ?

BTW -- very curious about your user name. How can a person possibly have "too many miles?" Or are you saying you fly too many?

Thanks for your reply!

MCI is a great example of an airport with competitive rates. Not that you'd want to retire in Kansas City.

A good start would be to look at a route map for Southwest. Any Southwest Airlines city should be reasonably cheap. Then look at Travelocity's Dream Maps feature for that city to verify that advanced purchase flights are in fact reasonable.

Compare PHL to RDU to see the non-hub/Southwest effect in action. When I looked at it today, you can't go west of New Orleand for less than $200 from PHL.

Another good comparison is CVG vs. CMH.

Are there any good spots here in NC to fish? A home between RDU and GSO would be good, 45 minutes to either for nice low fares ...

MSY has lots of good fishing (though not freshwater) and lots of low fares.

around here, hmmm....

You could check Kerr Lake, it sits north of here on the NC/VA border. It's pretty big, and you're only an hour drive from RDU. GSO would also be fairly close, probably around 1hr 30mins. Lately, airfare from RDU has been pretty decent, the last two trips I have made to the west coast (LAX and SAN) have been $235 and $238, both on AA. You also have JI, which more or less serves every major east coast destination with growing west coast flights.

Well I am taking off MIA as one of your possible retiring areas. Rude Agent "guarding" Check-in Line
Also Invol bump at MIA connetion.

------------------
Al

I would choose New England; Perhaps NH. Lots of lakes, proximity to Boston.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif

afang-

I thought we're all supposed to be NICE to others on these boards!


(oops. Sorry for the knee-jerk reaction. Next time I'll scroll all the way down to the end of the thread!)

[This message has been edited by SuperSlug (edited 05-02-2001).]

If you are coming from so far north, want to move south, yet retain some seasons I would vote for the Raleigh/Greensboro, NC area -- great health care, and a variety of options for where to live (city, town, retirement community, rural). I am new to the FF part, but moved to this area when my folks retired here, and it is great (if you are ready to stay home if it snows/ices http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif). Having the two airports is nice. Hope you don't mind the imput from a 'wannabe FF'.

[Edit -- I w
as curious, since I don't fish, so did a google search with North Carolia fishing -- and ended up with a ton of sites -- you might try for anywhere you find good airports. I don't know where all of these places are, but an interesting idea -- here are some: http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/northcar/ http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/cats/fish/fish-nc.htm http://www.flyfishnc.com/links.html]

[This message has been edited by cat333 (edited 05-02-2001).]