Bos - Pit $1160
Sep 9, 2005, 3:00 pm
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Bos - Pit $1160
BOS - PIT is still a nice monopoly route with minimum $1160 mid-week fares. I used to fly this in the 1990s and it was around $800..... so much for the "new" US Airways.
I am advising someone flying this route. You can get fares around $250 with a connection. On the return he will arrive in time for the PIT-BOS non-stop. Can he got on this flight on a standby basis? He has no *A status or anything like that.
I am advising someone flying this route. You can get fares around $250 with a connection. On the return he will arrive in time for the PIT-BOS non-stop. Can he got on this flight on a standby basis? He has no *A status or anything like that.
Sep 9, 2005, 3:05 pm
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This "rape me" fare has been going on for far too long. My company is forcing me to fly WN because of this too. I hope the "new" US follows the HP pricing policies or they will still be screwed, or it it us? Either way it sucks.
Sep 9, 2005, 3:12 pm
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Ok, but what about standing by for the non-stop? IIRC, US used to have some $25 nonsense but definitely worth it in this case. This person has no general interest in flying extra legs to earn miles. 
Sep 9, 2005, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by gnaget
Ok, but what about standing by for the non-stop? IIRC, US used to have some $25 nonsense but definitely worth it in this case. This person has no general interest in flying extra legs to earn miles.
Sep 9, 2005, 4:56 pm
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The net result of this will be PIT-PVD or PIT-MHT on LUV. Give it a year, and that fare will drop like a stone.
Sep 9, 2005, 5:11 pm
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It's $64 one-way on WN via PHL but there is no early am possibility.
On the outbound one can book the 6:30 AM via PHL and then stand by for the 6:10 AM non-stop to PIT. That's if you are doing a day-trip. On the way back you can stand by on the 5:40 pm.
They shouldn't profess that they have changed their ways with fares like this. Especially since it's 30% above the heyday of high fares in the late 1990s.
BOS-PHL used to be expensive but now you can fly for under $200 on a day trip.
On the outbound one can book the 6:30 AM via PHL and then stand by for the 6:10 AM non-stop to PIT. That's if you are doing a day-trip. On the way back you can stand by on the 5:40 pm.
They shouldn't profess that they have changed their ways with fares like this. Especially since it's 30% above the heyday of high fares in the late 1990s.
BOS-PHL used to be expensive but now you can fly for under $200 on a day trip.
Sep 9, 2005, 7:50 pm
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Not to hijack this thread, but I have a meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY next month. Checked fares PHL-ALB -- US wants $900 RT. However, flying from BWI connecting in PHL to ALB = $120 RT. BWI is only 1 hour from me....wonder which I picked?? If US would only be smarter about this -- I would pay $300 or $400 without flinching, but $900? And there are 2 of us travelling so the savings are even larger.
Sep 9, 2005, 8:33 pm
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To quote ART.......it's the fares stupid. I would love to meet the buffoon in USAIRWAYS that sets the fares for particular routes. He/She must have a degree in Economics from a 3rd world country.
Sep 10, 2005, 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by dukeman
Not to hijack this thread, but I have a meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY next month. Checked fares PHL-ALB -- US wants $900 RT. However, flying from BWI connecting in PHL to ALB = $120 RT. BWI is only 1 hour from me....wonder which I picked?? If US would only be smarter about this -- I would pay $300 or $400 without flinching, but $900? And there are 2 of us travelling so the savings are even larger.
Sep 10, 2005, 10:26 am
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Originally Posted by trvlr64
To quote ART.......it's the fares stupid. I would love to meet the buffoon in USAIRWAYS that sets the fares for particular routes. He/She must have a degree in Economics from a 3rd world country.
