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degggendorf t1_je64yn4 wrote

Reply to comment by therealDrA in Breeze Airways opens base of operations in Rhode Island by therealDrA

> I wish more Rhode Islanders would support TF Green over Logan

Do many people not? The only reason I would ever consider the likes of Logan or Bradley is if they have a direct flight when PVD doesn't. And even then, it would be a tossup.

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therealDrA OP t1_je664z8 wrote

There always seem to be people on Reddit asking for the best way to get to Logan from RI.

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_CaesarAugustus_ t1_je6b0b8 wrote

At the risk of being a “well ackshully” guy…there are only so many flights that fly out of Green/Warwick. It sucks, but it’s true.

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therealDrA OP t1_je6bbbr wrote

You can connect with one stop to anywhere in the world on United. You connect at Newark or Dulles or Chicago and the world awaits.

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degggendorf t1_je6hj6k wrote

nonstop > 1-stop

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therealDrA OP t1_je6nlf9 wrote

What I communicated further below is that Boston does not have as strong an international network as other east coast airports. So...you end up having a stop even when flying out of Boston in many instances. So I would rather have a one stop in Newark or Dulles out of PVD than a commute to Boston and a stop somewhere else.

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degggendorf t1_je6q6v3 wrote

Well yeah, of course less driving and cheaper parking with the same number of layovers is preferable.

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therealDrA OP t1_je6rau3 wrote

I guess my frustration is that many people (not you) automatically assume Logan is better because it is larger and do not even consider that PVD might actually be better in many cases...even for international travel and sometimes even point to point...use it or lose it as they say..and I want PVD to thrive.

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Urbanitesunite t1_je6rf5g wrote

I actually would argue Boston has a pretty darn good international network for the east coast. Not like jfk obviously, but pretty good. Avianca just restarted flights to bogota from Boston yesterday, as a example .

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therealDrA OP t1_je6xh11 wrote

I said it didn't have as strong an international network as Newark or Dulles which is true. They have a decent international roster, I agree

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arivas26 t1_je6r0mn wrote

Flights from PVD to EWR and LGA get delayed contstantly. I would avoid connecting through them if I could.

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therealDrA OP t1_je6wo4d wrote

I can't speak to LaGuardia but never had a problem at Newark. But then again I never do under a two hour connection. Latest flight had was 20 minutes.

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_CaesarAugustus_ t1_je77zwy wrote

Hey, in 2019 we flew to Ireland from Green via Philly. Would I have rather nonstop? 100%. It was cheaper, and we had a membership with the airline. That being said, no stops is better than stops.

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degggendorf t1_je7ak3y wrote

Wasn't Ireland Air or something doing non-stop to Cork from Greene a while back?

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the_silent_one1984 t1_je7kz4i wrote

Norwegian did. PVD to Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Bergen, annnnd possibly Manchester, UK? They had a good presence but their own management as well as the 737Max did them in.

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degggendorf t1_je7rln5 wrote

Ohhh I didn't realize that was all tied together, thanks for the correction/info

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jagregory22 t1_je81btw wrote

In Spring 2018, you could catch a direct red eye from TF Green to Dublin for ~$350-$500 roundtrip. My wife and I were fortunate enough to take the trip with Norwegian while it lasted…Those were the days!

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NoellaChel t1_je6t64u wrote

No driving to boston can cut your air fare in half many times so expensive trips go out of boston

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degggendorf t1_je7a7s3 wrote

At this point, convenience is more important to me than strictly airfare

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NoellaChel t1_je8517a wrote

I am with you but not everyone has same mentality

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SeanRobertsFerngully t1_jeccqum wrote

Depends on lots of factors. I just went to Denmark out of Logan and took the train up early, met up with some friends and grabbed some dinner and hit a couple of bars. That was great before leaving. Coming back, I would have easily paid an extra 150 if it had meant coming back to TG green vs Logan. Landed at 5 and didn't get home til almost 10 which is a bit rough after 12 hours of travel

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beerspeaks t1_je6uk6t wrote

It needs to be quite a bit cheaper to warrant flying out of Boston.

Airport parking in Boston is essentially twice as expensive as TF Green, plus the added time and frustration of going to an airport that is over an hour away versus one that is 10 minutes away.

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degggendorf t1_je7adi9 wrote

>Airport parking in Boston is essentially twice as expensive as TF Green

Not to mention that Greene could be $0 in parking and $2 in bus fare or $20 in uber

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NoellaChel t1_je854vp wrote

My last Cali flight was 1/3 od the cost from boston than was out of Green

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karnim t1_je9uy0u wrote

If you park at the Logan Express it's $7/day, plus the $9 bus ticket each way.

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beerspeaks t1_je9zda3 wrote

Parking off site and taking a bus ride that could be in excess of 30 minutes to the airport is not the endorsement that you think it is.

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karnim t1_jea21jb wrote

When the actual plane ticket is half the price and doesn't have connections, it is.

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fishythepete t1_je67xpj wrote

>they have a direct flight when PVD doesn't

This is pretty much going to be the case for most flights to a non-hub city. It’s 7-10 hours to get to Dallas from PVD. It’s 6 going from Logan which makes a day trip possible. You also don’t blow a day of travel if you have an issue with a connection - if your outbound flight is cancelled you have a more productive day and at least will be able to call into a meeting.

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therealDrA OP t1_je6ck7v wrote

I guess it depends where you travel. I travel all over Europe and other international destinations and Boston is missing a lot of cities so would be at least a stop out of Boston plus the commute to Boston. Out of PVD I connect to Newark or Dulles and you can get anywhere.

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monkiesandtool t1_je6onxk wrote

>It’s 7-10 hours to get to Dallas from PVD

Can support this; PVD to DTW to KAUS. 90 Min on the first leg and five hour transit time (four hours corrected for the time zone change)

Funny enough, the Boss was still not happy (rather I spend more time in the airports on connections getting a flight into Killeen instead of having to pay two guys two hours each to roundtrip to Austin)

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