Puddle-jumper or car?
Aug 29, 2006, 7:32 pm
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Puddle-jumper or car?
I am scheduled to give client presentations in Binghamton NY on 9/5 and in Stratham NH on 9/6-9/7.
So I can fly LGA-PHL-BGM on Monday night, BGM-PHL-BOS Tuesday night, BOS-LGA Thursday night. (Stratham is an hour from BOS.)
Or I can drive - 4 hours to NYC-BGM, 6 hours BGM-Stratham, 5 hours Stratham-NYC.
In the old days, I most likely would considered flying to be less stressful than driving. Now, I'll probably drive. (Even though I'll be driving 4 hours the day before this trip, too).
Just out of curiosity - what would you do?
So I can fly LGA-PHL-BGM on Monday night, BGM-PHL-BOS Tuesday night, BOS-LGA Thursday night. (Stratham is an hour from BOS.)
Or I can drive - 4 hours to NYC-BGM, 6 hours BGM-Stratham, 5 hours Stratham-NYC.
In the old days, I most likely would considered flying to be less stressful than driving. Now, I'll probably drive. (Even though I'll be driving 4 hours the day before this trip, too).
Just out of curiosity - what would you do?
Aug 29, 2006, 9:20 pm
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That's what I was thinking too: if you have to attain status, why not. Connections are a pain, but so too can driving. If it were up to me, I'd fly!
Aug 29, 2006, 9:42 pm
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Originally Posted by jg70124
Sadly, the only carrier into BGM is US - I haven't flown them since about 1990, and hence have no real possibility of getting status any time soon...
Aug 31, 2006, 3:55 pm
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I think I would at least consider renting a car one way from NYC to SYR. Then you could drive yourself to BGM on Monday, and after your presentation drive from BGM to SYR (about a 90-minute drive). From SYR, there are a few nonstops to BOS. (In the good old days, of course, there were nonstops between BGM and both LGA and BOS.)
Aug 31, 2006, 4:52 pm
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Originally Posted by jg70124
Sadly, the only carrier into BGM is US
Aug 31, 2006, 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by guv1976
I think I would at least consider renting a car one way from NYC to SYR. Then you could drive yourself to BGM on Monday, and after your presentation drive from BGM to SYR (about a 90-minute drive). From SYR, there are a few nonstops to BOS. (In the good old days, of course, there were nonstops between BGM and both LGA and BOS.)
Sep 1, 2006, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by JS
May as well fly JetBlue JFK-SYR and get good service at a reasonable fare.
Sep 1, 2006, 8:52 am
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Originally Posted by BLI-Flyer
How can you even post such a question on FT, isn't it all about the miles and/or segments? 
Otherwise I would say you have a valid point.If I were in the OP's shoes, I'd drive. Four flights on tiny planes, and two PHL connections, in two days, sounds like a recipe for insanity to me.
Sep 4, 2006, 9:55 pm
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Originally Posted by jg70124
I came to the same answer as everyone else: drive.
Except now I'm not going to BGM (my partner is), ....
Except now I'm not going to BGM (my partner is), ....
travel time is longer than driving but it beats PHL connections
and to compensate for the lack of a jet, you'll find the one-way fare less than on US via PHL