I need to travel to Tallahassee, Florida from Southern California. When I didn’t find a decent connection from San Diego, I tried Ontario, an airport conveniently located for us as an alternate. Here is what it came up with:
1292 |
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07:55 AM
ONT |
12:53 PM
DFW |
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2459 |
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04:50 PM
DFW |
05:55 PM
LAX |
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1254 |
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09:15 PM
LAX |
05:18 AM
MIA |
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4516 |
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07:20 AM
MIA |
08:40 AM
TLH |
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I get to fly out of Ontario at 7:55 in the morning, go to Dallas, spend 5 hours at the airport, only to fly back to LAX so I can leave again from LAX, 100 miles west of Ontario, to go to Miami on the red eye. Heck, I could drive to LAX in the evening and park my car there and get there a day faster.
And if I were to book a first class ticket, it would cost $4,000 for the privilege of being caught in airline hell for a full 24 hours.
Here is an example of an automated system going completely amuck.
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