Well, irony's probably not the best word, but I'm rather annoyed and somewhat confused at the drama of airfare. See, I probably need to go to DC in September. And since I got an email from Orbitz advertising that there's a fare sale and I could possibly get a fare as low as $104 roundtrip, I thought I'd check. Well, for the dates that I need, I can get a fare of $122. But that's from Newark to Dulles. And since it costs me about $20 each way for LaGuardia, but at least $50 each way for Newark, that's $60 right there. And I have no clue how much time and energy it costs to get from Dulles to Dupont Circle, well... But I do know it's an easy subway ride from National. (I refuse to call it Reagan, no matter how cool it was that RR Jr. spoke at the DNC last night).
So of course, the ideal fare is from LaGuardia (the Delta shuttle is soooo easy) to National. And that's $227. But so much faster to do.
And that just leaves me with one question: Why can't the fare I actually need be the cheap one? *Shaking fist angrily at the gods of airplane pricing*
Posted by Jon at July 28, 2004 07:22 PM | TrackBack$20 to get to LGA? What? That's outrageous! Take the subway/bus and you'll get there for $2. Why pay ten times what's necessary?
Posted by: Jere at July 29, 2004 12:37 AMBecause that's a pain in the ass, and a taxi is easy and fast.
Posted by: Jon at July 29, 2004 03:17 AM