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Old 08-13-2025 | 09:13 AM
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dracir1
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Originally Posted by hercretired
Barry previously, on webcasts, has said "we [Frontier] really don't compete with the Big-3. We compete with Greyhound."
This is gamemanship by Barry - we do NOT compete w/ Greyhound any more than Delta or anyone else. People riding the bus are usually doing so for different reasons than flying - most people who have that amount of time to waste in travel will just drive themselves.

The national bus system serves over 1500 destinations and have even more pick up/drop off points. Those who are seeking cheap one way (or round trip) leisure/school transportation WHO DON'T HAVE A CAR are primarily the only ones who are taking the bus and there aren't as many of those that you would think. And still, they have to do the math. Someone who lives in Chicago but goes to college at Penn St (w/o a car) and wants to go home for vacation might weigh the costs of finding a ride to the airport (in PHL), flying to Chi, then taking the subway home vs taking a bus that might pick up and drop off only a few miles from campus and their house. Right now, that Greyhound ticket (State College, PA to one of the Chicago bus stations on Nov 22 - just in time for Thanksgiving) is $149 and takes 20 hours.

Barry may not be able to run a very good airline but he is NOT dumb...
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