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Connection Time At PHX  
User currently offlineIcarus75 From France, joined Oct 2003, 768 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3437 times:

I'm looking for schedules and fares between SAT & PSP on July, 19th and the most interesting are US Airways flights SAT-PHX-PSP.
The connection time is something like 70mn. Is it enough?


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User currently offlineHT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6473 posts, RR: 27
Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 3432 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

70 minutes on US ?
This is a no-brainer at PHX. Go for it ! You even will have time to get something to bite, even if you have to change from one pier to another. PHX is very friendly and laid out for connections.
-HT


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User currently offlineabq707 From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 67 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 3408 times:

I have connected on US through PHX enroute from ABQ to PSP. Often with an hour connect time. I have also been routed through PHX to other destinations with roughly an hour...and it "usually" works comfortably. A time or two I have had to make a run for it though. Interesting to note that I had to run and my luggage always made it!


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User currently offlinemrskyguy From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1203 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days ago) and read 3404 times:

PHX is one of the airports you can usually cut it a little closer at. It's large, efficient and usually unaffected by weather (unless a monsoon parks itself over PHX, which does happen from time to time).

Personally I'd stick with WN for that routing, using ONT vs PSP and take a cheap shuttle to the Palm Springs area.


"The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee." -- Gunter's 2nd Law of Air
User currently offlineabq707 From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 67 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3393 times:

Quoting mrskyguy (Reply 3):

Personally I'd stick with WN for that routing, using ONT vs PSP and take a cheap shuttle to the Palm Springs area.

Over multiple trips however, I have found that your plan costs considerably more. The ONT shuttle to PSP often costs more than the the PHX to PSP portion.


First flight TWA 707 ABQ to BWI 1964
User currently offlineIcarus75 From France, joined Oct 2003, 768 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3372 times:

Thanks guys for your answers.

Quoting abq707 (Reply 2):
Interesting to note that I had to run and my luggage always made it!

This is my main concern, the luggages!

Quoting mrskyguy (Reply 3):
Personally I'd stick with WN for that routing, using ONT vs PSP and take a cheap shuttle to the Palm Springs area

I want to go directly to PSP where I'll stay for one week, renting a car at the airport. I do not want to make the drive from ONT.

As for the price, the SAT-PHX-PSP with US will cost only 187$ and I find it cheap.


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User currently offlineHT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6473 posts, RR: 27
Reply 6, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3370 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting Icarus75 (Reply 5):
This is my main concern, the luggages!

Nothing to worry about.

Quoting Icarus75 (Reply 5):
As for the price, the SAT-PHX-PSP with US will cost only 187$ and I find it cheap.

Does this include fees for checked bag(s) ?

WN might turn out to be cheaper, but faced with the option to either fly into PSP or into ONT with a lenghty drive to the PSP-area afterwards (traffic on I-10 can be heavy at times), also I would prefer the US-flight into PSP even if it means to connect at PHX.
-HT


Carpe diem ! Life is too short to waste your time ! Keep in mind, that today is the first day of the rest of your life !
User currently offlineIcarus75 From France, joined Oct 2003, 768 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3364 times:

Quoting HT (Reply 6):
Does this include fees for checked bag(s) ?

I have to check again.

To be honest, I'll prefer flying US as I will see 3 new airports (SAT - PHX - PSP) with two flights instead of WN (2 airports and 1 flight)
And in addition, I know that traffic on I-10 can be very heavy (been there several times).


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User currently offlineKPHXFlyer From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 413 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3360 times:

Icarus,

At worst you have to walk from the westernmost pier to the easternmost pier. It is a very easy jaunt in less than 10 minutes, most days.

I would assume the PHX-PSP is a CRJ/CR9 so that would be at the easternmost pier(s).

Cheers,
Cory

User currently offlineasuflyer05 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2369 posts, RR: 3
Reply 9, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3357 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

70 minutes should be plenty. The biggest problem with flying US through PHX are the frequent delays for an available gate. I've landed there 10 minutes early only to wait 45 minutes for a gate.

User currently offlinemrskyguy From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1203 posts, RR: 3
Reply 10, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 3354 times:

Quoting asuflyer05 (Reply 9):
70 minutes should be plenty. The biggest problem with flying US through PHX are the frequent delays for an available gate. I've landed there 10 minutes early only to wait 45 minutes for a gate.

And that's the million dollar answer. Now that I think about it, over 50% of the time that would happen to me as well. Last time I flew in via LAX on a loaded A321, and sat on the ramp in front of the USA hangar for almost 40 minutes waiting for a gate.


"The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee." -- Gunter's 2nd Law of Air
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