Travel for Championship Qualifying Teams

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I think Airtran is your best be from Rochester.
I don't know if Jetblue flys to Atlanta or how often.

jetblue doesn't fly to Atlanta last I checked. I wish they did. They aren't very cheap last minute either, they'll run you around $400+ (Although that was for a transcontinental flight, so it may be cheaper)

Atlanta is the largest hub for Delta, so you should be able to get some pretty cheap flights from them too.

[Chris Fultz]

In 2004 we stayed at a Homewood Suites in northeast Atlanta, near a large Mall. Less than $100 for rooms that had space for 5+ and included free breakfast.

We had to drive in each day but saved a lot on the hotels and food.

Not as good as being right near the Dome, but lots cheaper.

[Carol]

We are planning on chartering a bus this year and leaving at 10:00 Tuesday night, on the theory that people will sleep through most of the ride (Dramamine works well for this..). It's only a little cheaper than flying for us since they have to change drivers on the way down. From Rochester I wouldn't be surprised that they might need three drivers. In Atlanta we aren't using the bus but taking MARTA.

If I remember correctly, some of the bus companies had a 2 week cancellation, so you could make the arrangements now and still have time to cancel if you don't qualify.

[Kims Robot]

Thanks for the suggestions all, I will look into these.

As for the bus ideas, I know teams have done it, but our teacher & chaperones requested (probably more for their own sanity) that we not do the 16 hour bus trip (thats 16 hours without stops!) if at all possible. My guess is that we will just have to book what flights we can and hope that we have enough chaperones (all if we qualify of course).

If anyone has more ideas on airline transportation that late in the game, we would love to hear it!

instead of us flying this year, were takin coach busses and driving. yippe lol
-Court-

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Cory

jetblue doesn't fly to Atlanta last I checked. I wish they did. They aren't very cheap last minute either, they'll run you around $400+ (Although that was for a transcontinental flight, so it may be cheaper)

Atlanta is the largest hub for Delta, so you should be able to get some pretty cheap flights from them too.

From Atlanta-Airport.com:

Passenger Airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson
TERMINAL NORTH
Code Airline Telephone Concourse
AC Air Canada 1-888-247-2262 D
JM Air Jamaica 1-800-523-5585 E
FL AirTran 1-800-247-8726 C
AA American 1-800-433-7300 T
HP America West 1-800-327-7810 D
BA British Airways 1-800-247-9297 E
CO Continental 1-800-231-0856 D
3C Corporate 1-800-555-6565 D
F9 Frontier 1-800-432-1359 D
D9 Independence Air 1-800-359-3594 D
KE Korean Air 1-800-438-5000 E
LH Lufthansa 1-800-645-3880 E
YX Midwest 1-800-452-2022 D
NW Northwest 1-800-225-2525 D
UA United 1-800-241-6522 T
US US Airways 1-800-428-4322 D

TERMINAL SOUTH
Code Airline Telephone Concourse
AM Aeromexico 1-800-237-6639 E
AF Air France 1-800-237-2747 E
EV ASA 1-800-325-1999 C
DL Delta Air Lines 1-800-325-1999 A, B, D & T
DL Delta Air Lines 1-800-221-1212 (INT'L) E
OH Comair 1-800-325-1999 C
SA South African Airways 1-800-722-9675 E
H1 Hooters Air 1-888-359-4668 B

[bhweezer]

We take charter buses, and leave right after school gets out. It is only about a six or seven hour drive.