Connecting Flights are Now Officially Lame
Posted by Patrick on Monday, August 27, 2007Friday I flew up to the frosty north to meet up with Kate and hang out with her fam and my fam (sometimes together) and our friends, and it was a great weekend. We're very happy with our life down here amongst the tobacco fields, but we sure do miss those yankee's.
We've been flying a lot lately, more this year then any other for either of us. Being that we're frequent flyers, we're quick to locate the lowest fair available online. Saving money is good. There are two usual conditions of the lowest fair, one being that it's on US Airways, and the other being that there's at least one connecting flight involved.
There have been some horror stories about plane travel in the news lately, so my personal tale of the first - flight - being - late - and - requiring - me - to - run - at - full - bore - through - 3 - terminals - because - my - next - flight - leaves - in - ten - minutes - followed - by - sitting - on - the - ground - for - over - an - hour - because - they - couldn't - find - the - guy - to - back - the - plane - out - of - the - gate doesn't really compare, but it certainly made it a stressful trip.
I'm starting to think that paying a little more for a direct flight will both reduce the stress and running, make it less likely that we're flying on the lowest bidder, and probably get us to our destination faster. Either that or we'll drive.
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