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lauradi7dwWe are probably going to ring bells in Shreveport and Texarkana. Planes go to each place, but not non-stop (or particularly cheaply) from Boston. The most common place to change would be DFW. To fly to or from each place would take about an hour of hanging around DFW plus the hour-ish flight. It would be possible to just fly to DFW, rent a car, and DRIVE those distances in about four hours each way. That would increase the potential pool of flights, enabling more convenient departures. But there is the whole sitting in a car for hours nuisance. Our carbon footprint is already about the size of Texas anyway, but I think it's actually more fuel efficient for two people to drive 200 miles than to fly in a little plane. I found a comparison recently, and that's what I recall, anyway. For most distances, the most efficient is a bus (presuming fullness). One of Arthur's economist acquaintances recently was the only passenger on a flight from Montreal to New York. In that case, the plane was bascially transporting itself so as to be in the right place for the subsequent flight, but that's nuts.
It is often the case that I spend way more time comparing flights and car rentals and such than the actual transportation takes. Sometimes it's for cost, sometimes it's for convenience. Maybe some trip I should just take the first option the flight comparison software offers me, and see whether it's really worse than what I work out on my own.
It is often the case that I spend way more time comparing flights and car rentals and such than the actual transportation takes. Sometimes it's for cost, sometimes it's for convenience. Maybe some trip I should just take the first option the flight comparison software offers me, and see whether it's really worse than what I work out on my own.
