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Originally Posted by DavidMn
So anyway, I'm going out to Washington D.C in April for a few days to see a couple baseball games at the new ballpark that's opening there this year. I looked up online for airline tickets, and for the dates I was looking for, National Airport was $525 RT on Northwest. So I did a little snooping and looked up the same RT from Minneapolis to D.C but this time to Dulles. know what? $201 RT!!!! And I found out they have city bus service running right from Dulles straight into downtown D.C, so it's only a minor inconvience. I know there are things like availability and what not that determine the cost of a ticket, but 300 F***IN dollars? Anyone else have a similar experience?
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As just one example, I looked into a flight from Dallas to Philly in September or October, just out of curiosity in case I wanted to surprise my folks for the Jewish holidays. With five day's notice, one of the airlines was prepared to charge me less than $400 (usually it's higher when it's less than a week away). In mid-October my uncle was dying; I looked into flights from Dallas to Chicago & the fares were enormous. (Flying to Chicago is typically cheaper than flying to Philly.) In late October, when he died, I paid over a thousand dollars to fly out for the funeral - with a whopping $14 discount due to the circumstances - provided I promised to present the funeral service flyer/obituary at the counter on my way back. They still canceled my connecting flight in perfectly clear weather, they still damaged my luggage (all my clothes arrived sopping wet!) on the way up, & they still misplaced my luggage & delayed my return flight for 12 hours. (I'll spare the details of that.) Plus they were rude about it.
There's always a story when I fly, as my friend Jen loves to tease me.
In my whole life, the best (least stressful) flight I ever took was the one where we got turned around because the pilot announced (while we were in the air) that one of the engines was on fire. But once we took off again everything was pretty okay.
Airlines are a sore point with me. Now aren't you sorry you asked?
- Jake