Air tran Florida sale

[riu girl]

Flights on sale until Dec 15 departure.
From BUF $59-$69 ow plus taxes/fees
See air tran web site for further details.

 

[maryliz]

We're coming home on the 16th, but for a good cheap flight, I would consider leaving a day early We're doing MVMCP the night before, so don't want to be getting up too, too early the next day. So unfortunately the Friday flights don't work for us. I will also say that last year, I flew AirTran for one trip, with the layover in Atlanta both times. On the way there, no problem, 45 minutes and we were on our way again. For the way back, we left our hotel room at 9:15AM, and didn't land in Buffalo until after 8:30PM, had to drop off my sisters, and still had a 3+ hour drive home. It was a whole day of travel, and one I really don't want to have to do with the kids in tow.

Thanks for the info ... hope it's helpful to someone! I'm hoping that SWA has seen this, and that we'll get our cheaper flights since AirTran is offering them!

Good luck to everyone trying to get Dec flights!

MaryLiz

 

[riu girl]

I'm hoping that SWA has seen this, and that we'll get our cheaper flights since AirTran is offering them!

MaryLiz

I am hoping the exact same thing!! Can't beat those nice non stop SWA flights!!! These flight prices do look tempting though compared to what SWA is currently offering!!!

 

[dimoe]

I have never flown airtran and have a few questions. First off I love the price!
Okay how are the seats compared to a southwest??? Where is the one stop over??? Is there a way to find out how long your layover will be?????
thanks Diane

 

[riu girl]

I have never flown airtran so don't know about the seat comparison. but if you go www.airtran.com and type in your dates etc., it will give you a list of flights, prices etc. It will also show you the stopover info. and stopover times.

 

[maryliz]

The majority of AirTrans flights have a stopover in Atlanta GA, as that's their "hub". What you really want to watch is the departure time and the arrival time ... for example, there might be 4 flights leaving Orlando, all connecting through Atlanta to one flight to Buffalo, so you want to book that latest flight that will still get you the same connection.

To check on the stopover, when you pull up the list of flights for your day of travel, there's a column on the far left beside the flight info that will say "1 stop" for example, click on it and it will give your departure/arrival times for all of your connecting flights for that total destination.

As well, AirTran is known to "change" their flight times on a regular basis. This happened to me last August, so our travel home ended up being an entire day, with many hours wasted at Atlanta airport. As for seats, service, etc, about the same as SWA, except that when you check-in online 24 hours in advance, you can pick your seats. Although going down last year, we checked in right at the 24 hour out mark, and the entire plane was full and we ended up in the last row that seemed rather squishy and NO WINDOW ... it was like being in a closet. For our connection in Atlanta to Orlando, we pretty much had the pick of the entire plane, so not sure what was up with that.

I would absolutely fly with them again, if the price were right. I prefer to get the n/s flight with SWA, especially travelling with the kids. And the DINGS yesterday and today seem to be going into mid-November now, so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

MaryLiz