Info On Faremeasure.com
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jimntx
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Seems that almost every city pair I picked it said that Southwest was the "only" low cost carrier serving this route. So, I picked STL (where I'm based) and BHM (where my most of my family live).
Here's what I found by comparing Orbitz fares and SWA (since their fares are not available on other travel sites).
SWA does in fact have the only non-stop service. One flight per day. And, they show an advance purchase fare of $208 round-trip. However, this fare does not include departure taxes, security fees, etc. There was one of the fees that their website says could be up to $18/ticket.
On Orbitz, CO and DL, show a "drive-away" fare of $215 for the same travel dates (NWA-$218, and US Airways-$224). This would include all taxes and fees. However, all involved at least one stop at IAH, MEM, CVG, ATL, or CLT. All (except CO) required a change of planes, and all involved at least one leg on a regional airline--CoEX, DL Connection, US Airways Express, etc.
FYI, per Orbitz, AA for same dates was $538 with change of planes at DFW, but it was all on "real" airplanes.
So, I guess ya picks ya poison.
P.S. Don't really know how accurate the passenger load info is. (Which I believe was your actual question.
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Here's what I found by comparing Orbitz fares and SWA (since their fares are not available on other travel sites).
SWA does in fact have the only non-stop service. One flight per day. And, they show an advance purchase fare of $208 round-trip. However, this fare does not include departure taxes, security fees, etc. There was one of the fees that their website says could be up to $18/ticket.
On Orbitz, CO and DL, show a "drive-away" fare of $215 for the same travel dates (NWA-$218, and US Airways-$224). This would include all taxes and fees. However, all involved at least one stop at IAH, MEM, CVG, ATL, or CLT. All (except CO) required a change of planes, and all involved at least one leg on a regional airline--CoEX, DL Connection, US Airways Express, etc.
FYI, per Orbitz, AA for same dates was $538 with change of planes at DFW, but it was all on "real" airplanes.
So, I guess ya picks ya poison.
P.S. Don't really know how accurate the passenger load info is. (Which I believe was your actual question.
)
markkus757
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the info is very acurate since it's taken directly from the DOT DB1 traffic stats that they compile on a quarterly basis. Faremeasure is showing numbers from the 3rd Q of 2004 right now and 4th Q 2004 is available on the DOT site. This data represents a 10% sample of all itineraries flown by passengers as reported by the airlines themsleves. It also does not include "zero fare" passengers (non-revs, dead-headers, FF award tickets, etc.).
