Just because your ticket says BOS, it does not mean you are going to Boston. If I recall correctly the Boston airport is on the eastern side of the side. How many people are going to the western side or the suburbs south and west of the city? In this case, it would be much better to fly into PVD because the time and/or distance from PVD to the actual final destination would be shorter then flying into BOS. David R A person who enjoys knowing that the airline (Southwest)he flies on: - will be around for another 30 years - will get me there on time - treats the customer right - has no complicated frequent flyer program rules - in fact I can fliy nothing but short hauls and then get a free transcon ticket (yes- they even have nonstop transcons and, no, I'm not so spoiled that I think I need the airline to serve me a meal on a flight that lasts more than 30 minutes) - makes a profit every quarter - and none of the flight attendants were at Kitty Hawk with the Wright brothers > Yep! Instead you can really fly to BOS for $39 one way on AirTran :) > > BAHA > Fan of not flying on Southwest > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian > Caldwell > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:15 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Southwest announces PHL fares > > Wow. $29.00 to fly to the " Boston area ", which actually happens to be > Providence R.I., which is only about 40 or 50 miles away. > > Better yet, fly PHL to LAX on flights 741/1829, stop twice and it will take > you 11 hours on their "direct or connecting " service. But you just saved > yourself $50.00 and you got to see MDW and PHX airports, which is priceless. > > > At 04:26 PM 2/12/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > Southwest Airlines is announcing their fares for their upcoming service > >in Philadelphia, some of which are as low as $29. one-way. > > > > You can check the list of fares at: > > http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/press/040212_phl_nonstop2.html