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11-25-2009 | 10:02 AM
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It seems these days that the biggest competition for Horizon Air are the shuttle buses that are now starting to drive passengers into SEATAC from the smaller towns.
Why pay a few hundred dollars for Horizon Air to fly you into Seatac when you can get the same travel for forty dollars from a shuttle bus service? Every bus they add to the line is another empty Dash 8. According to the news they are adding a lot of buses.
Skyhigh
Why pay a few hundred dollars for Horizon Air to fly you into Seatac when you can get the same travel for forty dollars from a shuttle bus service? Every bus they add to the line is another empty Dash 8. According to the news they are adding a lot of buses.
Skyhigh
11-25-2009 | 10:08 AM
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I have used them and it is a good deal. They start in YKM and stop in ELN along the way. $40 from YKM to SEA. The leave four or five times a day.
Similar companies also are bringing pax into SEATAC from the north and south. It is catching on system wide. To me it is a major threat to Horizon Air and probably to regionals nationwide.
Why pay hundreds more to get to SEATAC when a nice bus can take you from your home town and get you there an hour or two later?
Skyhigh
11-25-2009 | 10:35 AM
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What do you mean hundreds more? It's $59 to go from Yakima to Sea-Tac a couple weeks from now. I don't know about you but for $19 more than the bus service i would rather take Horizon.
11-25-2009 | 10:41 AM
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Bus service
If $69 fares were commonly the case then why are the buss services expanding so rapidly?
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11-25-2009 | 11:07 AM
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Correction:
If I understand the web site correctly it is as much as $118 each way plus hidden airport fees and taxes. As much as $257. There are also baggage fees that could add another $15 to $100. An extra hour or two in a bus would be worth that.
Skyhigh
If I understand the web site correctly it is as much as $118 each way plus hidden airport fees and taxes. As much as $257. There are also baggage fees that could add another $15 to $100. An extra hour or two in a bus would be worth that.
Skyhigh
11-25-2009 | 11:38 AM
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I have used them and it is a good deal. They start in YKM and stop in ELN along the way. $40 from YKM to SEA. The leave four or five times a day.
Similar companies also are bringing pax into SEATAC from the north and south. It is catching on system wide. To me it is a major threat to Horizon Air and probably to regionals nationwide.
Why pay hundreds more to get to SEATAC when a nice bus can take you from your home town and get you there an hour or two later?
Skyhigh
So you condone this kind of travel??? You should probably change your screen name to Buslow!!
11-25-2009 | 11:56 AM
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I don't know how many times you have drove through the pass in the winter but it can turn into a 10 hour ordeal with traffic backed up for forty miles. I'd just assume pay the money so I'm not late for my flight to Narita. If I miss my flight there goes all my savings, plus more, on a hotel.
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