Originally Posted By: gbeer

Only if you live in one of the hub cities. Otherwise everywhere is twice as far away as it should be. Time wise and distance wise both. But mostly time wise.

Edit: It doesn't matter if I leave from Sacramento, Oakland or SF. Everywhere I've gone recently has taken two flights. The US air system suffers from an over abundance of "You can't get there from here!"


That's why I usually fly Southwest. They don't use a hub and spoke system, but rather a point-to-point system. This results in a LOT more direct flights. Also, lucky for me, Phoenix is good airport for flying Southwest.
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