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nene 03-11-2021 07:19 PM
Originally Posted by Margaritaville (Post 3205158)
Back in the 80s and 90s, US airlines routinely flew domestic wide bodies on shorter routes, like 747/DC10/777 between Chicago and Miami or L1011/767 between ATL and BOS. Delta flew 767s DTW-ATL right up to 9/11, and 767/777 ATL to almost every city in Florida through the 2000s. I guess what's old is new again. "The Points Guy" may be too young to remember this.
In college, the last years before the demise of Eastern, I flew a few times from SEA-PDX and PDX-SEA on a 747! (and it was $50 R/T to boot). It was actually a flt that went MIA-PDX-SEA and then reversed course for the evening/overnight return. Worked great getting to/from college as was actually cheaper than train or bus and took less time.

Margaritaville 03-12-2021 06:03 AM
Originally Posted by nene (Post 3205943)
In college, the last years before the demise of Eastern, I flew a few times from SEA-PDX and PDX-SEA on a 747! (and it was $50 R/T to boot). It was actually a flt that went MIA-PDX-SEA and then reversed course for the evening/overnight return. Worked great getting to/from college as was actually cheaper than train or bus and took less time.
EAL only flew 747s in '71- '72, 3 of them they leased from PAA, so that's interesting. Also, $50 in 1972 is $312 today.

NewGuy01 03-12-2021 09:03 AM
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fucius 03-12-2021 02:13 PM
Ruh-roh...


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TransWorld 03-12-2021 04:54 PM
Originally Posted by nene (Post 3205943)
In college, the last years before the demise of Eastern, I flew a few times from SEA-PDX and PDX-SEA on a 747! (and it was $50 R/T to boot). It was actually a flt that went MIA-PDX-SEA and then reversed course for the evening/overnight return. Worked great getting to/from college as was actually cheaper than train or bus and took less time.
That would be pretty sweet!

nene 03-12-2021 06:47 PM
Originally Posted by Margaritaville (Post 3206009)
EAL only flew 747s in '71- '72, 3 of them they leased from PAA, so that's interesting. Also, $50 in 1972 is $312 today.
Well I was a smart-assed teenager that knew nothing about planes. Looking at their fleet, it was probably a DC10 then, by far the biggest plane I had ever been on. Remember it feeling gigantic compared to a 727. Real overkill for the PDK-SEA market. I do remember getting the tickets for $50 R/T though and that was in 1988-89, back when I had to go to a travel agent and get the actual coupon printed off for the flight. That would be a $110 ticket in todays rates. Thanks for correcting my aircraft misidentification.

ShyGuy 03-12-2021 11:44 PM
Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 3205753)
If you merge with AA you will get more than your fair share of cheese.

Good. God knows people will need cheese with all that whine! :D


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