well familiar with the NW monopoly.. I did 4yrs in Grand Forks.. NW only to
MSP regardless of where you were going..

and 4 years in Rapid City... going East out of RAP it's NWA to MSP
South.. it was UA to DEN. West.. it was DL to SLK... but that was back in
the mid 90s..

BT

"Montblack" wrote in message
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I drove my gal to the Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP) airport this afternoon at
1pm. She's flying home to Minot, ND for a week (1.5 hr flight).

("BTIZ" wrote)
I'm betting most everyone traveled on Friday... no one likes to travel on
Christmas Eve


$330 - $450 for a Friday depart - 4 flight options.
$250 (total) for a Saturday afternoon depart.
(NWA has a 'Minot to Mpls' monopoly)

We booked her for Saturday - this was 6 weeks ago.

1:30 ...we say good-bye in the concourse
2:15 ...she departed MSP
3:45 ...arrives in MOT
4:15 ...in her mom's kitchen ...520 (highway) miles away

Christmas Eve by 5 pm.

We thought it worked out perfectly: Sleep in Saturday morning, get a few
last minute things done before noon, head off for the airport at 12:30pm
(45 minutes drive), be at "Ma's" for dinner. Save $100. g


Montblack