Wassch71 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2005, 208 posts, RR: 19 Posted (8 years 1 month 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2026 times:
I plan on flying with US Airways from LGA to San Diego. US Airways offers connecting flights at Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. I was wondering which would be a better option if flying time / routing was not an issue.
Thanks for your input
Wassch71
SHUPirate1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1982 times:
Wassch-You could also try Charlotte, which has the choice of flights of Philadelphia (in fact, US Airways' Charlotte operation is larger than their Philadelphia one), but does not have the delay problems of Philadelphia.
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Cha747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 763 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1974 times:
Yeah...but if I had to be stuck or delayed anyplace, I'd rather it be Philly; the spotting options are quite slim at PIT and CLT compared to PHL. Just my two cents.
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Hawk44 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 759 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 5 days ago) and read 1898 times:
Go with PIT both PHL and CLT are have been known to have delays. PIT is a nice airport with sort of a mall built inside incase your delayed it will give you something to do.
Gilesdavies From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2882 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (8 years 1 month 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1860 times:
I have flown LGW-PHL-LGA numerous times...
Never really had any problems connecting at PHL, once through immigrations and baggage reclaim you get through quite quickly.
The only problem with the PHL-LGA they are operated from the F Terminal (US Airways Express) and when walking from the A West Terminal you have to walk miles!
Also if flying from PHL-LGA you are likely to end up on a CRJ or Dash 8-100, so depends if you mind flying on a commuter aircraft - which seems to bother many people on here!
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7253 posts, RR: 25 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1812 times:
Quoting Gilesdavies (Reply 6): The only problem with the PHL-LGA they are operated from the F Terminal (US Airways Express) and when walking from the A West Terminal you have to walk miles!
There is a courtesy shuttle bus that links Terminals C and F; the boarding points are at Gates C16 and F10. This eliminates some of the long walk and the hassle of going though security again.
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Wassch71 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2005, 208 posts, RR: 19 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
In the meantime it seems that I will most likely fly CO, EWR-SAN after all. I just realized that they had a promotion for the people going to the convention I plan on attending in San Diego, at the end the fares match US and I get to keep the miles for my Fréquence Plus card. That will be the longest nonstop flight on a 737 I ever had...
Thanks for the input!
Regards
Wassch71
UsAirways16bwi From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1003 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1727 times:
Quoting Cha747 (Reply 3): Yeah...but if I had to be stuck or delayed anyplace, I'd rather it be Philly; the spotting options are quite slim at PIT and CLT compared to PHL. Just my two cents.
I agree.when it comes to planes, PHL has much more to offer than PIT and CLT. Also, PHL is more exciting, I like all the confusion of big airports.
I flew through all three of US's hubs several times, and the worst thing that happened was my flight was delayed. None of my bags were ever lost or anything, and I never missed any connections.
As for CLT, I haven't been there in about a year, but I remember it to be a very nice airport. Very easy to make connections, clean, and friendly employees.
PIT is also a good airport. Although, I found it to be a little difficult to navigate the last time I was there. All in all, I would choose PHL.
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23 Reply 12, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1717 times:
PHL is has more "drama" actions ... more airport employees, bigger airport, bigger aircraft, so on...
N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 7992 posts, RR: 27 Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1711 times:
Let's see.... Pitt is a well layed out, spacious airport with minimal delays for any reason. PHL is cramped, confusing, and delay-prone due to weather and volume. I'd say PIT definately.
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