[Lnc-business] Airfare matrix with alternative dates for Fall meeting

[Daniel Wiener]

Thank you very much for that information, Ruth.  I checked Orbitz a couple
of days ago and learned that flights from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
were going to be pretty expensive no matter what (see attachment).  The
difference between a non-stop flight for Nov. 16-18 versus Dec. 6-8 was
only about $41 (a one-stop was significantly cheaper -- but also
significantly longer).

However, upon further investigation a few minutes ago I discovered that I
can use my American Airlines reward miles to get free flights on either the
Nov. 30-Dec. 2 or Dec. 6-8 weekends, but *not* on the Nov. 16-18 weekend.
So it would save me almost $600 cash if we were to change the date of our
meeting.

While before I was fairly ambivalent, I suddenly have a burning desire to
change the date.

Dan Wiener

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ruth Bennett <bennettruthaz at gmail.com>wrote:

> Mr. Lieberman pointed out that travel the weekend before Thanksgiving is
> expensive.  I was a travel agent for nearly 20 years and the weekend before
> Thanksgiving is one of the most expensive travel times of the year.  With
> that being said, here is matrix of airfares for the dates originally
> chosen, 2 weeks later and the weekend after that.
>
> *City______________________NOV 16-18_________________Nov 30-Dec
> 2_________________Dec 6-8____________________
>
> *Boston
> 180
> 180                                           180
>
> Columbus
> 221
> 221                                           221
>
> Austin                                    405
>             403                                           403
>
> Tuscon                                   671
>           380                                           440
>
> Las Vegas
> 439
> 366                                           366
>
> San Francisco                        528
>       314                                            314
>
> Los Angeles                           463
>         348                                            348
>
>
> I did not check every city, obviously, but enough to get the idea that for
> anyplace in the east or mid-west, that if does not make much difference.
> It makes a great deal of difference to those of us in the southwest and
> west.
>
> These fares are all from Kayak.  I did not check Southwest or JetBlue and
> of course airfares change constantly.
>
> A motion anyone?
>
> Ruth
>
>
>
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