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Related: Am I the only one that lives in a (mid size and prosperous US city) and does not have a preferred airline company because my choice of operator depends

Related: Am I the only one that lives in a (mid size and prosperous US city) and does not have a preferred airline company because my choice of operator depends on destination and availability rather than choosing one among many airlines for a given destination and date? The city I live in rhymes with “Charleston”. Poorly worded question - I’m glad you guys know how to travel well together and often. The only thing I miss about my college girlfriend was when we got an overnight delay in Denver and the crazed associate told us “I don’t fucking know” when we asked about the details of our hotel she said: “I mean this sucks but it’ll be okay hahaha” I try to perpetuate that mindset nowadays lol. End monologue

scarface_74 2y ago
These are all of the places you can get direct flights to from CHS. We have flown there once. https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS If you don’t fly often, airline loyalty doesn’t matter. I just don’t hate myself enough to fly Southwest and deal with non assigned seats even though they do have the most non stop flights from our current airport
- davchana 2y ago
  Thanks a lot for this search engine. I always wanted to be able to search this way, direct flights from xyz airport.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    You have to create the URL yourself. It is flightsfrom/airport code/optional airline code For instance these are Delta flights from CHS. https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS/DL https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS/DL
    - Doohickey-d 2y ago
      https://www.flightconnections.com/ https://www.flightconnections.com/ is IMO nicer for exploring all airlines, you can just click on airports on the map.
      - petesergeant 2y ago
        +1 recommendation, I use it all the time to see where you can get to and from given a specific airport
- kjkjadksj 2y ago
  Southwest is easy. Board, sit down, done.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    Well first you have to set your alarm to be exactly 24 hours before check in. Then if you are flying with another person there is no guarantee that you two can find a seat together. Then you might be in the middle seat.
Dalewyn 2y ago
>does not have a preferred airline company because my choice of operator depends on destination and availability That's certainly the line that can't be compromised, ultimately you fly because you wanna get somewhere. But finding and choosing favorite airline(s) has many perks that aren't easily quantifiable, enough that many frequent flyers choose to focus their patronage for those benefits. I'm personally a Delta fanboi because Northwest was my childhood airline on family vacations. My Delta SkyMiles account goes all the way back to 1998 when my dad opened it for me as a kid, back then it was Northwest WorldPerks. Small tangent story: Delta SkyMiles was instrumental in my getting an AMEX credit card as my second ever card with merely 6 months credit history as a literal newcomer nobody to the credit world. It's been my favorite card to carry ever since.
- ghaff 2y ago
  Boston isn't a United hub but I can get to most places with a fairly reasonable flight option from there. The main exceptions are Raleigh (which is short enough that I don't care much) and London for which I change planes rather than take a BA non-stop.
tomcam 2y ago
Amazing to meet another HNer from Barlston, Maine! Go Dingoes!

scarface_74 2y ago

These are all of the places you can get direct flights to from CHS. We have flown there once. https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS If you don’t fly often, airline loyalty doesn’t matter. I just don’t hate myself enough to fly Southwest and deal with non assigned seats even though they do have the most non stop flights from our current airport

davchana 2y ago
Thanks a lot for this search engine. I always wanted to be able to search this way, direct flights from xyz airport.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  You have to create the URL yourself. It is flightsfrom/airport code/optional airline code For instance these are Delta flights from CHS. https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS/DL https://www.flightsfrom.com/CHS/DL
  - Doohickey-d 2y ago
    https://www.flightconnections.com/ https://www.flightconnections.com/ is IMO nicer for exploring all airlines, you can just click on airports on the map.
    - petesergeant 2y ago
      +1 recommendation, I use it all the time to see where you can get to and from given a specific airport
kjkjadksj 2y ago
Southwest is easy. Board, sit down, done.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  Well first you have to set your alarm to be exactly 24 hours before check in. Then if you are flying with another person there is no guarantee that you two can find a seat together. Then you might be in the middle seat.

Dalewyn 2y ago

>does not have a preferred airline company because my choice of operator depends on destination and availability That's certainly the line that can't be compromised, ultimately you fly because you wanna get somewhere. But finding and choosing favorite airline(s) has many perks that aren't easily quantifiable, enough that many frequent flyers choose to focus their patronage for those benefits. I'm personally a Delta fanboi because Northwest was my childhood airline on family vacations. My Delta SkyMiles account goes all the way back to 1998 when my dad opened it for me as a kid, back then it was Northwest WorldPerks. Small tangent story: Delta SkyMiles was instrumental in my getting an AMEX credit card as my second ever card with merely 6 months credit history as a literal newcomer nobody to the credit world. It's been my favorite card to carry ever since.

ghaff 2y ago
Boston isn't a United hub but I can get to most places with a fairly reasonable flight option from there. The main exceptions are Raleigh (which is short enough that I don't care much) and London for which I change planes rather than take a BA non-stop.

tomcam 2y ago

Amazing to meet another HNer from Barlston, Maine! Go Dingoes!