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It's the North American Continent's fault for not being rectangular. Not mine.
Thanks for the correction!
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As for the use of electronic device usage on flights, the FAA has no policy regulating their use and has left it up to the individual operator to manage their own policy. Most Major airliners have adopted the RTCA’s recommendation on the use of PED which suggests limiting the use of these devices to none critical times of the flight plan i.e. take of and landing where navigation and communication disruption can be detrimental to the safety of all involved.
As Mythbusters have shown most planes are well shielded to EMI and the small power sources most PED have would be hard pressed to cause any effect. But it doesn’t mean the possibilities don’t exist and so we have them erroring on the side of safety when making policies for their operations.
As for buying cheep tickets try to stay out of large international hubs as airliners have to pay a higher fee for gate time at these airports which is then passed on to you as a consumer. Travel sale sites have been known to provide tickets below what is available at the Airliner’s own website. But it’s based upon availability as well as the travel sites ability to acquire last minute tickets and whole sale ticket purchase. Just remember that some airline companies are not listed on the travel sites but still have flights available.
But does anyone know how much a plane ticket from Albany to Seattle will cost.
Seriously, probably close to $400.
Albany, NY? Orbitz has one for $249 right now but I dunno if that's both to and from or each. It says for round trip though. It also has one for $3,164 on Alaska Airlines. I would suggest NOT taking that one.
Travelocity has some for $305 on Delta after fees and crap.
Not terrible but the supertrip would probably be cheaper. The Moe Knows!
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As for it being more expensive than the super-trip: if gas hits $4 a gallon (not unlikely, during the summer price gouge), and you're lucky enough to share a car getting 30 miles to the gallon with 3 other people, the cost of gas alone for one person will be about $200.
Opportunity cost!
I don't think anyone is saying that it isn't cheaper traveling by car (assuming you can get other people to chip in) but the monetary costs certainly are approaching flying, and there are downsides to driving as well (time spent on the road, discomfort, mileage on the car, having to stay awake to drive). It's certainly an option to fly, and for those that simply can't or won't do the supertrip, flying is a viable option.
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In 2 words, "It depends".
I recommend 2 things:
1) http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/ to find flights
2) http://www.yapta.com to track them.
Also, check out www.farecast.com once they start tracking that weekend (it'll be another month or so). You don't want to buy too early, but especially since PAX is on a holiday weekend this year you don't want to wait until too late, either.
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I donated 5 whole dollars to your server....buy me a plane ticket from New York...
Also...get one for Rakuen out of Boston.
Man, if only this were ten years down the road when I'm a multibillionaire, I'd totally do it.
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Dude, check out priceline.com. They have flights out of Little Rock for just $20 more. If you are really willing to drive all the way to Dallas, save an hour, drive to Tulsa. That is what I am doing (2 hours for me). About $260 from TUL to SEA.
Heh, cheapest flight out of my home town, $512!
THEN (literally less than a week ago) I found out that Thurs. August 28 is my son's first day of kindergarten. D: NOW I have to change my outgoing flight which will, according to Virgin America's website, cost $40 per ticket PLUS the $45 the fair has gone up since I booked in February.
If any jet setters out there know any way I can save myself the $170 (two tickets) on this thing without missing my son's first day of kindergarten, please speak up. It is just killing me because that's almost how much a round trip ticket cost me in the first place, all so that we can have 5-8 hours LESS vacation.
I'm pretty sure I'm screwed though.
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I'm going to ask a travel agent friend tomorrow, but don't get your hopes up, I'm pretty sure they won't be able to give me any good news.
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And on a more serious note, they also are doing well in the financial area and fly all new planes... thus aren't likely to go bankrupt in the next few months nor cancel thousands of flights for overdue maintenance. Defnitely sad times when this is a consideration.
Murphy's Paradox: The more you plan, the more that can go wrong. The less you plan, the less likely your plan will succeed.
With three hours to kill this seems like an ideal opportunity to go and doss around New York for a bit, especially since I've never been. Can anyone fill me in?
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Murphy's Paradox: The more you plan, the more that can go wrong. The less you plan, the less likely your plan will succeed.
I was thinking about the check-in time, but I guess I could check in and leave the airport, then come back and whazz straight through security, though - added bonus of not having to lug my bag around the city. Most likely not possible, but meh. It'd be nice.
Cheers.
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Me and LewieP are flying back home via Chicago, with BMI on the Monday after PAX. Shame we're not on the same flights!
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Murphy's Paradox: The more you plan, the more that can go wrong. The less you plan, the less likely your plan will succeed.
You know mare... looking over VA's policies, one way to avoid the $40 charge is to upgrade to 1st class when changing flights. Then you just pay the fare differential
Of course, this kind of goes against the saving your money thing...
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I wouldn't recommend it.
Three hours isn't really a lot of time, and you're not even in New York, you're in Newark. Yes, you could go "landside" (outside of security) but then you have to go back through security, which is likely a pain in the ass at EWR since it is a huge airport. Also, you will already be "checked in" for you EWR-MAN leg so if you are late for boarding you will miss your flight.
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So sod it, I could be on your plane, Lewiefamily.
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*sigh*
Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.
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Granted their are most people who are trying to hold onto the hope of those last minute deals that the airlines are always having. Well, to them I say,
PAX IS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
It's the 3rd busiest weekend of the year for the airlines, they are not going to need last minute deals to fill the seats, and if they do post any deals, most likely are going to have the weekend of PAX blacked out.
But, what is Labor/Labour Day weekend?
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Free day off in the States for people with desk jobs, absolutely nothing for people that work in any service industry (including food service, retail, travel, etc).
Hot dog! A day off!