In pricing Christmas travel options, I contemplated flying JetBlue to Burlington, Vermont. The cheapest flight costs $104, and goes by way of JFK Airport in New York.
It’s a cheap flight, and (believe it or not) the best route available. Unfortunately, the timing is lousy, with a layover for over four hours.
I thought I’d try pricing just the flight from JFK to Burlington thinking I’d make the connection on another carrier. The exact same flight without the leg from Boston costs just $99.
Why didn’t someone tell me sooner that we had $5 flights to New York from here?
December 7th, 2008 at 8:39 am
The law of supply and demand has set the price. Getting to NYC is worth $5, getting to Vermont is $99.
Oddly, the reverse trip is different. Ticket out of Vermont is $1,000. I may need a supply and demand lawyer to figure it out.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I can’t tell if you’re kidding, but a lot of the flights out of Vermont really do cost upwards of $1,500.
At some point, it would be cheaper to charter a private plane.