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Dec 7, 2014, 1:45 pm
#31
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The KAL Limousine service from ICN airport comes with in-flight magazines and comfortable seating (but no lav, which for a 70+ minute ride can be a bit alarming).
United would have to step up their game to offer connecting bus service from hubs. But I can see it making sense in certain markets — maybe SFO yes, IAH not so much?
United would have to step up their game to offer connecting bus service from hubs. But I can see it making sense in certain markets — maybe SFO yes, IAH not so much?
On the return, same thing - have a gate or two in the A concourse where you just hop a bus back to EAU.
The shuttle to MSP, which is pretty busy currently, is $72 round trip and doesn't have any of the advantages of pre-clearing security and not having to handle bags on arrival at MSP.
I figure DL could run buses profitably at that price and encourage people to take them if they were just part of the ticket and earned RDM/EQM.
Dec 7, 2014, 1:56 pm
#32
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Question for both of you... (Disclaimer, I have only done this journey once and it was driving. seemed ok, and I know little about SFO/CA.)... anyway have any of you done the Capital Corridor to OAK and then BART->SFO? wondering why this wasnt brought up. im sure it would take a hell of a time though. (and perhaps it works better if you were going to OAK...) 
When I was doing this regularly, needing to leave WAS or NYC late-ish, and certainly preferring paid or upgraded F on the IAD/JFK-SFO nonstops rather than connections, I soon found that there is virtually NO traffic from SFO to Sacramento after a certain hour. Even the Bay Bridge is easy. The drive is fast and almost fun, certainly less than 2 hours.
Dec 7, 2014, 2:23 pm
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SBA is a pretty heavily served airport: F9 A319 xDEN, OO DBA USX CRJ xPHX, OO DBA UAX xSFO/xLAX is mostly EMB but some of the LAX flights are already moving RJ (SFO may follow or may get axed, they'll probably give it one season's try) so it's obviously profitable enough (plenty of short RJ flights, ORD-MKE springs to mind).
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Dec 7, 2014, 2:55 pm
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Dec 7, 2014, 3:13 pm
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Dec 13, 2014, 5:02 pm
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I heard something similar at CLT for US passengers going to FAY earlier this year. Of course that's a 140 mile drive on non-interstates and it was rush hour. They had my pity.
Dec 13, 2014, 9:51 pm
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b) BART doesn't go to OAK. (Coliseum would be closest.)
But even Coliseum is out of the way. The best train option (if the schedule works) would be to Richmond and pick up BART there.
Dec 13, 2014, 11:01 pm
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It does now. Though it looks like the Amtrak↔mainline BART connection is a significantly easier walk than the Amtrak↔OAK train connection, particularly with luggage.
I've ended up on buses from SFO to OAK/SJC more than once for diversions on outbound flights, usually due to weather; if only they gave segment credit for those!
I've ended up on buses from SFO to OAK/SJC more than once for diversions on outbound flights, usually due to weather; if only they gave segment credit for those!