I assume they are still profitable up to $100/barrel oil.
Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
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Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I did the $159 a few years ago before they shut down. My flight out of JFK was delayed by 2 hours, making the expense seem kind of ridiculous. Also, my flight was in a different terminal, meaning I had to leave and then re-enter security, which also kills the time advantage.
I don't know. I think I'd pay $160 to not sit in traffic for 3 hours, just to wait in an airport/go through security for another 2. That means extra time to get things done before you fly out.
I just try to fly out of NYC after midnight, less people, virtually no traffic.
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#143I like to pay attention to how much attention they pay to small details, like their copy.
Under "Our Promise to You": "You never need to share the car [?] strangers [...]"
Then, on the footnote to that same section: " Ground travel guarantee available for tavel to JFK & EWR for travel booked [...]"
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who lives in a city with a population of approximately 100,000 in the greater metro area - Launceston, Tasmania - I'd like to take a moment to reflect on your comment. Google Maps tells me Manhattan to JFK Airport is a 32 kilometre taxi ride and takes three hours, plus it takes two hours to clear security at the airport. I'm a little astounded by those numbers. Five hours to get from the couch at home to t…
The numbers above are an exaggeration. I lived in the north end of manhattan (the part furthest from JFK) and an hour to get to JFK was on the long side - typical is probably 40-80 minutes. It doesn't take two hours to clear security at an airport either - typical is anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes.
The problem is you have to allow extra time in case something has gone wrong. I waited two hours in a queue at O'Hare just to get through security - thankfully I had allowed three hours.
Compare that to anywhere in Australia where you can be sure security won't take more than 10 minutes - you can arrive at the airport with 45 minutes before your flight and still be waiting 20 minutes after you check in and pass security before you board.
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
I only go to London on business travel so price isn't as big of a deal but I take the Heathrow Express for time purposes. In morning traffic after the red eye from NYC it's much faster than either a cab or the tube.
OT but check the flights from NYC to City Airport they are much better than anything you can get from/to Heathrow unless you are flying with mile high club ;)
The only flights I'm aware of that fly NYC-LCY are the BA flights that are all business. The nice thing is that you get to pre-clear immigration in Shannon, Ireland but unfortunately I'm not quite important enough to demand $10k flights.
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ryanair, too. They will fly you to $MAJOR_CITY* for just €0.50†! * Where we actually mean "a smaller airport 150km away from that city and you're on your own for getting to it" † Plus €20 ticketing fee, €20 payment-processing fee, €20 boarding-pass issuance fee, €20 checked baggage fee, €20 carry-on baggage fee, €20 fee for no baggage, €20 plane-boarding fee, €20 airport use fee, €20 fee-handling fee and other additi…
You forgot €20 choose a seat - it's €0 if you want a randomly assigned seat but somehow the website mislead me in to clicking it, it took me 20 minutes to get this far in the booking, I'm scared to press the browser back button and I'm so frustrated now I'm blind to the clear and easy method of modifying the my previous selection, if there even is one, because the page changed as soon as I clicked. Maybe the site has…
Don't they put the "no seat preference" option in a drop-down containing a list of city names or something crazy like that?
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#147Footnote on ad: "Promotion rate flights are for first time flyers only and limted to a single use. Other terms and conditions may apply." HeliNY, for which they are a reseller, charges $925 for that trip as a charter. Aircraft capacity is 5 (maybe 6). So the regular price, assuming they make you wait for a full helicopter, is probably about $200.
Lame. Now it really is for the 1%. At $99 I can imagine a family wanting to take one to reduce stress and complexities. How long until drones can take us? :)
Why all the down votes when the company is doing a bait and switch with their pricing?
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lame. Now it really is for the 1%. At $99 I can imagine a family wanting to take one to reduce stress and complexities. How long until drones can take us? :)
I feel like complaining that you can't take your kids on a helicopter ride to "reduce stress and complexities" kind of puts you exactly in that 1%...
? Not a complaint, I don't even have kids. But if it was $99 for the ride (regardless of people) then it's more price efficient for a family flying compared to the hundreds it costs after their promotional pricing.
Re: Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99
#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
You forgot €20 choose a seat - it's €0 if you want a randomly assigned seat but somehow the website mislead me in to clicking it, it took me 20 minutes to get this far in the booking, I'm scared to press the browser back button and I'm so frustrated now I'm blind to the clear and easy method of modifying the my previous selection, if there even is one, because the page changed as soon as I clicked. Maybe the site has…
Don't they put the "no seat preference" option in a drop-down containing a list of city names or something crazy like that?
That's worthy of a "Dark Pattern" annual award.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20... It's hard to compare cars and helicopters. From the article: "Between 2005 and 2009, there was an annual average of 1.44 fatalities (PDF) per 100,000 flying hours in nonmilitary helicopters. Over the same period, there were 13.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 population in the United States annually. Since the average American spends around 780 hours per…
Assume you used such a service (roundtrip) once per month, and it saved you 40 hours per year. The annual risk of dying in the helo crash (taking the numbers from above) is 12 minutes flying RT * 12 RT/year = 144 minutes per year / 60 mins/hr * 1.44/100K or a risk of dying of 3.456 per 100K years. (overstated as the figure is fatalities per 100K hours, not fatal accidents per 100K). The annual risk of dying in a car…
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