WHEW!!!! Dodged a bullet.
03-11-2021 | 07:19 PM
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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.
03-12-2021 | 06:03 AM
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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.
03-12-2021 | 09:03 AM
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03-12-2021 | 04:54 PM
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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.
03-12-2021 | 06:47 PM
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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.
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