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I've flown R/T to London for less than what it costs to fly to Rochester, NY. Why would you go to Rochester, you ask? I have to. My family lives there and Christmas is the only time I go.
Back when I was a 20-something impoverished artist living there, I used to say "The problem with this place is that nobody comes in and nobody goes out." It's still true, and moreso even today, now that non-stop flights are hardly available from anywhere. All airlines have reduced or elimated their non-stops to Rochester and if I want one I can cough up about $300+ for it. Alternately, I can have a two-legged flight going in a completely opposite direction, i.e. something like
Boston--->Baltimore--->Rochester, and have my whole day eaten up in airports. Flying to Buffalo costs even more, and I wouldn't drive it even if I could. 10 hours in a car equals straightjacket time for me.
I'm going to pay for a non-stop, of course. Tonight I'll wait until 12:01 AM, which is when prices often get slashed for the week.
I try very hard not to be mad at my family for living so far from a major city. It's not their fault that they prefer to live in the back of beyond, where nobody goes in and nobody comes out. But I'll never understand how someone could live in, say, central Maine, or Wyoming, or basically anywhere more than a 30-minute drive from a large city and its access to the outside world. The small planes that service Rochester, even in the rush of Christmas week, are usually 2/3rds empty, just a few college students, a business traveler or two, a family with babies perhaps, and me and my bad attitude.
Back when I was a 20-something impoverished artist living there, I used to say "The problem with this place is that nobody comes in and nobody goes out." It's still true, and moreso even today, now that non-stop flights are hardly available from anywhere. All airlines have reduced or elimated their non-stops to Rochester and if I want one I can cough up about $300+ for it. Alternately, I can have a two-legged flight going in a completely opposite direction, i.e. something like
Boston--->Baltimore--->Rochester, and have my whole day eaten up in airports. Flying to Buffalo costs even more, and I wouldn't drive it even if I could. 10 hours in a car equals straightjacket time for me.
I'm going to pay for a non-stop, of course. Tonight I'll wait until 12:01 AM, which is when prices often get slashed for the week.
I try very hard not to be mad at my family for living so far from a major city. It's not their fault that they prefer to live in the back of beyond, where nobody goes in and nobody comes out. But I'll never understand how someone could live in, say, central Maine, or Wyoming, or basically anywhere more than a 30-minute drive from a large city and its access to the outside world. The small planes that service Rochester, even in the rush of Christmas week, are usually 2/3rds empty, just a few college students, a business traveler or two, a family with babies perhaps, and me and my bad attitude.