Why are commuter flights so expensive?

In article fIspd.85397$V41.82999@attbi_s52,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Here's a mystery that I just cannot answer:

To fly to Las Vegas from Chicago costs $99.00. (For example.)

To fly to Cedar Rapids from Chicago costs $300.

Naturally, at that price practically no one flies on that plane into Cedar
Rapids.

Just to give you more fun, to fly roundtrip BOS-CID-BOS thru ORD was
recently $327.90.

btw - how long would it take to drive from Chicago to Cedar Rapids?

--
Bob Noel

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:34:25 GMT, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article fIspd.85397$V41.82999@attbi_s52,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Here's a mystery that I just cannot answer:

To fly to Las Vegas from Chicago costs $99.00. (For example.)

To fly to Cedar Rapids from Chicago costs $300.

Naturally, at that price practically no one flies on that plane into Cedar
Rapids.

Just to give you more fun, to fly roundtrip BOS-CID-BOS thru ORD was
recently $327.90.

btw - how long would it take to drive from Chicago to Cedar Rapids?

4-5 hrs depending where in Chicago you are going...

Bob Noel wrote in message ...
In article fIspd.85397$V41.82999@attbi_s52,


Just to give you more fun, to fly roundtrip BOS-CID-BOS thru ORD was
recently $327.90.

That's a big change from two or three years ago. I used to make that
run regularly to service a client out there (Rockwell Collins) and
those were some of the most expensive tickets I ever bought
domestically. Regularly $800 and I paid as much as $1500 on less than
3 days' notice. I hated going there because the area was such an
armpit but god bless the client, they never bitched about ticket
prices.

btw - how long would it take to drive from Chicago to Cedar Rapids?

About 4 hours IIRC. If you can do it without running off the road just
to break up the monotony you're a better man than I.

Best,
-cwk.

In article ,
(C Kingsbury) wrote:

btw - how long would it take to drive from Chicago to Cedar Rapids?

About 4 hours IIRC. If you can do it without running off the road just
to break up the monotony you're a better man than I.

Understood, but just waiting around ORD for the connecting 30 minute
flight is more annoying than driving for 4 hours. Last time I went
to RCGS we could have driven faster (both the ORD to CID and
CID to ORD legs).

--
Bob Noel

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(C Kingsbury) wrote:

btw - how long would it take to drive from Chicago to Cedar Rapids?

About 4 hours IIRC. If you can do it without running off the road just
to break up the monotony you're a better man than I.

Understood, but just waiting around ORD for the connecting 30 minute
flight is more annoying than driving for 4 hours. Last time I went
to RCGS we could have driven faster (both the ORD to CID and
CID to ORD legs).

I was a Delta/NWA man so I dodged the O'Hare bullet more often than not. But
between summer thunder and winter snow I got stuck more often there than any
other single place I remember. One time I was grateful though- I was
supposed to be flying there on Superbowl Sunday three years back, and a big
storm was working its way East shutting down everything in its path. So I
got to watch the Pats win at a friend's place in Somerville instead of
getting updates over the PA at FL350.

I truly despise O'Hare. Cincinnati and Atlanta are pretty grim too but not
nearly as awful. And NWA's Detroit hub is possibly my favorite, though the
terminal it replaced was truly abysmal.

-cwk.