cellio: (avatar)
Monica ([personal profile] cellio) wrote2007-06-19 12:23 pm
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry
Entry tags:

air fares

When I flew to Boston in early November, I think my round-trip ticket was $120 (not on a discount airline). I'm looking at options for my trip in July and the cheapest tickets are more than twice that, with the non-sucky ones being over $300. What happened? Is that all just summer effect? Oof. (Yeah, fuel prices -- but they aren't that much lower last fall...) JetBlue, by the way, is not competing all that favorably with old-school players like United. I'm using kayak.com to find fares.

Direct flights are even more expensive. Does anyone know the most expedient way to find out which connecting airports have free wireless? So far I've seen JFK, DCA, LaGuardia, and Cincinnati among the options.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[identity profile] alaricmacconnal.livejournal.com 2007-06-19 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
DCA and LGA do not have free wireless. You can buy a day pass that runs around $7 to $10. I do not know about Cincinatti or JFK. I booked a trip last week for July 16 - 18th and it ran around $180 (combination JetBlue / USAirways) - this was for work. When in July is your trip - if we overlap, would you be interested in meeting for dinner one evening (Mon or Tue)?
cellio: (avatar)

[personal profile] cellio 2007-06-20 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
My trip's July 15-22. I don't know what the schedule is yet while I'm there, but if it works out I'd enjoy getting together despite the irony of two Pittsburghers going to Boston to have dinner. :-)

It appears that weekday trips are cheaper than ones involving Sundays. I hadn't realized that, but after I saw your comment I explored some of the rates. The old rule about the importance of a Saturday stay doesn't even hold any more; your trip is cheaper than mine.
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only