Just was looking at booking tickets to Dallas for January, and was shocked by the prices.
They are "double" what I paid last year for the same flights.
The best deal I found was to drive to Chicago Midway, and take South West to Love Field as that is half the price of using American or United with connections to DAL or DFW.
Remember, forgivness is easier to get than permission.
Posts: 3994 | Location: Hudsonville MI USA | Registered: 08 June 2000
It will be interesting to see how the high fuel prices affect the attendance at DSC and SCI. One friend said that any guy that could afford a $12,000 rifle was not going to worrry about fuel cost to get to a convention. Still the guy that works hard for his money may try and book his hunt on line or via phone and not go to see the big city lights. He may use that money for another animal or part of his air fare. Being as I have lots of money invested in booth spaces and merchandise I hope that everyone shows up and brings lots of money to spend!
You can borrow money but you can not borrow time. Go hunting with your family.
Posts: 1529 | Location: Texas | Registered: 15 December 2003
Originally posted by Harry: It will be interesting to see how the high fuel prices affect the attendance at DSC and SCI. One friend said that any guy that could afford a $12,000 rifle was not going to worrry about fuel cost to get to a convention. Still the guy that works hard for his money may try and book his hunt on line or via phone and not go to see the big city lights. He may use that money for another animal or part of his air fare. Being as I have lots of money invested in booth spaces and merchandise I hope that everyone shows up and brings lots of money to spend!
Not that I "can't" afford a $12,000 rifle or $10,000 safari, I hate to have to pay $575.00 to fly from Michigan to Dallas when last year I paid $273.00 (Personally I choose to use a $500 rifle and shoot more game.)
What is worse, I can fly all the way from Michigan to Hawaii for $1,072.00
Remember, forgivness is easier to get than permission.
Posts: 3994 | Location: Hudsonville MI USA | Registered: 08 June 2000
I'm wondering how long Gracy will hold the line on prices for 2009. I am buying(or trying to!) 4 seats to Windhoek which will be 330 days out in exactly 30 days. Keeping my fingers crossed. These US domestics flights are just going vertical!
Originally posted by crane: I'm wondering how long Gracy will hold the line on prices for 2009. I am buying(or trying to!) 4 seats to Windhoek which will be 330 days out in exactly 30 days. Keeping my fingers crossed. These US domestics flights are just going vertical!
I need to do the same thing but mine are for end of July 2009. I'm not sure how early I can do that?
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Posts: 4168 | Location: Texas | Registered: 18 June 2001
I am not quite ready to book but just wanted to see how bad it is. As soon as the Judge blocks the rooms at CI I will probably book the motel and air and if things go south I will just have to eat the loss. I booked last year in July.
Posts: 5338 | Location: Bedford, Pa. USA | Registered: 23 February 2002
Gracy told me 11 months out for Air Namibia, I'm looking at June - July 2009....we got way off topic on this one
Robert
If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy. Thomas Jefferson, 1802
Posts: 1207 | Location: Tomball or Rocksprings with Namibia on my mind! | Registered: 29 March 2008
Continental Airlines just announced that they were dropping service to Reno. That's going to make getting from Houston (and elsewhere) to Reno extra difficult now.
Perhaps Continental will restart service this winter, but I think it would be very unlikely unless fuel prices come down and the economy picks-up quickly. The airlines have a great forward look at the economy from their customer's advance bookings - it must not be a pretty picture.
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Posts: 5052 | Location: Muletown | Registered: 07 September 2001
