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UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« on: August 31, 2017, 09:58:17 PM »
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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2017, 10:02:25 PM »
$20.20 each way. Cheapest segment I've ever seen on UA, esp considering $5.60 of that is tax.
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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2017, 10:08:18 PM »
$20.20 each way. Cheapest segment I've ever seen on UA, esp considering $5.60 of that is tax.
yep. For some reason it's $40 more to get regular economy

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2017, 10:24:55 PM »
yep. For some reason it's $40 more to get regular economy

Often the case on their super cheap routes

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2017, 11:53:46 PM »
JetBlue has same price many dates from LGA.

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2017, 12:22:13 AM »
I see same day returns for $34. Bargain only between 9/6 and 9/21( which happens to be rosh hashana)

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2017, 05:50:55 AM »
I see same day returns for $34. Bargain only between 9/6 and 9/21( which happens to be rosh hashana)

As long as the time between flights is under 4 hours, you won't pay a second $5.60 security fee.

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2017, 11:59:36 AM »
Interesting why @Dan  didn't point out B6/AA over UA with no restrictions

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2017, 12:00:56 PM »
Interesting why @Dan  didn't point out B6/AA over UA with no restrictions
Interesting that @SearchGuy didn't receive the 2nd notification and read the post before criticizing.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2017, 12:01:29 PM »
Interesting that you didn't receive the 2nd notification and read the post before criticizing.
That's not quite...

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Re: UA EWR-BOS $42 RT wide open in September basic economy
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2017, 12:03:38 PM »
Interesting that @SearchGuy didn't receive the 2nd notification and read the post before criticizing.
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United: Newark to Boston $20 dates:
September: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

United: Boston to Newark $20 dates:
September: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

JetBlue/AA: LaGuardia to Boston $20 dates:
September 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

JetBlue/AA: Boston to LaGuardia $20 dates:
September 5, 11, 12, 13, 14

This is the article I read and i don't see anywhere about United restrictions, one thing for sure this guy @Dan  is sensitive
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