The Jet Set

[mikea]

Today's travel tip:

- If your airline tells you to arrive at the airport two hours before departure, tack on an extra 30 minutes or so. You're infinitely better off sitting at the gate rather than inching forward in the check-in or security line, nervously looking at your watch every minute.

The year is 2006, right?
I'm the slowest pre-flighter in history but I can be well along in 2 1/2 hours. You can be 175 miles closer to the destination by using the time for driving (this 2 1/2 hours does not include the time to drive to the airport.).

 

[gkainz]

I pondered that one last week. Makes NO sense to me.

considered routes and options from Denver to Custer, SD


Commercial Flight Hrs R/T Cost
--------------------- ----- ----- -----
home to DIA 0.75
TSA BS window 2.00
Flight time 1.50
Disembark 0.25
Rental car 0.50 $40
RAP to CUT 0.75 $262
--------------- ----- ----- -----
Total Elapsed 5.75 11.5 $302


G/A
---------------------
home to KEIT 0.5
preflight 0.5
Flight time 1.75 3.5 367.5
Disembark 0.1
Rental car N/A 0
--------------- ----- ----- -----
Total Elapsed 2.85 3.5 $368


Drive
---------------------
home to CUT 5.00 10
Fuel $100
--------------- ----- ----- -----
Total Elapsed 5.00 10 $100

aw, heck with it - I don't have time to chase down the codes for columns ... anyway, driving beat commercial by time, but costs considerably less than renting and flying GA ... so this time I drove (besides, 1100 pounds of buffalo will NOT go in a C-172 RG, even if you COULD get them to wear their seat belts)

 

[Anthony]

I can and have beat the door to door time from Denver to Lexington in the Tiger. The airlines are a joke, especially to non-hubs and smaller markets.