"jim rosinski" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Putz around San Diego airport waiting for luggage... one hour.
Drive 31 miles to in-laws through the heart of the city: one hour.
**Airline - Door-to-door: 7.0 hours. Cost of four tickets: $502
apiece = $2008.

'Nuff said?

Yes I think the main reasons the numbers work for you are 1) you're
filling your airplane with people;

Four of six seats.

I should add that the $502 is round trip, vs $1380 for a round trip by my
airplane. Yet just taking three of us beats the airline price, not to
mention the three hours time difference.

Even just three of us beats the airline price.

As I said, Montrose is not a major hub and that's where the time AND dollar
differences come into play.

2) $502 ticket price seems excessive
for Montrose-San Diego;

Best price I could get on Orbitz.com (UE - UAL) with a 10 day advance
purchase.

and 3) connecting through a hub city wastes
alot of time. But an *hour* waiting for luggage in San Diego??? I don't
have much good to say about Denver's airport, but on United quite often
the luggage arrives at the carousel before I do.

In July my daughter and wife waited 55 minutes for luggage in San Diego.
That might be a bit much, but not very much.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO