First Round Travel Logistics/Flights - From NY/CT Area To Raleigh

[Drew]

Hadn’t seen a centralized place for flights/flight info and hotels for Round 1 travel… Feel free to consolidate/merge if this exists already

Breeze has $106 round trip flights from Tweed New Haven (HVN) to Raleigh Durham International Airport (RDU) leaving Friday March 21 and Returning Monday March 24. Link

Avelo has the same (HVN-RDU) round trip including the same dates for $218. Link

Breeze has BDL-RDU leaving Friday 3/21 returning Monday 3/24 for $378. Link

Breeze also has $288 round trip from Islip (Long Island) to Raleigh direct for $288 leaving Friday returning Monday. Link

Same trip can be made on American Airlines for $317 from BDL-RDU. Link

Same trip from White Plains (HPN) is $217. Link

And lastly, on American, $217 Round Trip from Newark leaving Friday returning Monday. Link

 

[huskyjawz]

Wow that Tweed flight is tempting.

 

[Drew]

Wow that Tweed flight is tempting.

It’s really a great deal… one way is starting at like $48 to get down there. Then have some flexibility pending Friday night’s result

 

[HooperScooper]

Wow that Tweed flight is tempting.

For that price do you get a seat on the plane or do you have to sit in the cargo hold?

 

[jibsey]

For that price do you get a seat on the plane or do you have to sit in the cargo hold?

Prayer is needed on that short runway.

 

[Kitaman]

I flew Tweed to Raliegh last year. Uneventful flight. Just stuff a carryon/backpack and go.

Tweed flights are perfect for short 2-3 day trips with no suitcases needed. I would check the destination for return flights in the event you miss your flight. Typically its one or two flights a day. I usually do Uber so I can rent a car if I have to return to NYC/Newark or Hartford due to missed/cancelled flight. Its never happened to me but I'm sure flights have been cancelled.

Tweed has its benefits, its the connivence (and trip duration) not price, when I choose Tweed. All other times its the Main Airports.

 

[Drew]

I do wish American would come back to Tweed. Used to have flights to PHL and CLT from HVN. As someone that travels for work essentially weekly living in CLT its difficult to convince myself to fly another airline at this point despite how much I despise AA

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Prayer is needed on that short runway.

 

[CTBasketball]

Part of the reason for the boys being sent away is to give them space!

 

[huskyjawz]

I flew Tweed to Raliegh last year. Uneventful flight. Just stuff a carryon/backpack and go.

Tweed flights are perfect for short 2-3 day trips with no suitcases needed. I would check the destination for return flights in the event you miss your flight. Typically its one or two flights a day. I usually do Uber so I can rent a car if I have to return to NYC/Newark or Hartford due to missed/cancelled flight. Its never happened to me but I'm sure flights have been cancelled.

Tweed has its benefits, its the connivence (and trip duration) not price, when I choose Tweed. All other times its the Main Airports.

In 2011 I was flying out of Tweed on Saturday morning connecting through Philly for the semis in Houston. Got in the air and had to turn back due to mechanical difficulties. Panic time. Asked my girlfriend to drive me down to Philly; she said no. Thankfully an awesome agent there found a flight out of Hartford and they drove us up there. Luckily we happened to be the second game that day because we missed the first half of the first game.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Wow that RDU flight from Westchester has to be a new route. Up until recently, CLT was the only Carolina destination serviced from HPN.

 

[Drew]

Wow that RDU flight from Westchester has to be a new route. Up until recently, CLT was the only Carolina destination serviced from HPN.

You connect through CLT - there is no direct HPN-RDU (at least on the main carriers)

 

[controlfade]

I do wish American would come back to Tweed. Used to have flights to PHL and CLT from HVN. As someone that travels for work essentially weekly living in CLT its difficult to convince myself to fly another airline at this point despite how much I despise AA

boy do i know that feeling. I am in Wilmington and deal AA weekly because i have too.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

My buddy who's the gym teacher at my school was last-minute forced into a family trip with his in-laws in Raleigh. Panic/distraught turned to relief/opportunity when I reminded him that UConn's first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is in Raleigh.

For all of those traveling, enjoy!

 

[businesslawyer]

Wow that RDU flight from Westchester has to be a new route. Up until recently, CLT was the only Carolina destination serviced from HPN.

It comes and goes. I flew that route in the past.

 

[HuskyHawk]

For that price do you get a seat on the plane or do you have to sit in the cargo hold?

I started taking Breeze from Providence to South Carolina/Georgia. Beautiful newish planes. More room in the "nicer" category than most airlines. Flights seem to all be non-stop. They seem to be avoiding all the high fee airports to keep the prices low. I'm taking them to go to the Masters even though it's a weird round trip (Charleston then home from Greenville). I have business class one the way home and my combined fare is still like $160 round trip.

 

[karstenkibbe]

It comes and goes. I flew that route in the past.

Have been flying out of Westchester since the terminal was a Quonset hut. There was an RDU route on American that lasted six months about 25 years ago. That route hasn’t reappeared since.

 

[Fishy]

Have been flying out of Westchester since the terminal was a Quonset hut. There was an RDU route on American that lasted six months about 25 years ago. That route hasn’t reappeared since.

There’s a direct flight there Tuesdays and Thursdays on Breeze.

Before Breeze picked it up, you had to connect through Charlotte.

Many moons ago, there was a direct flight from Stewart to Raleigh on American. That flight eventually went to HPN and then disappeared.

Stewart is now your one stop shop to fly to weird airports in Florida, Iceland or the nation’s only direct flight to the Faroe Islands.

 

[WrenchFan69]

I do wish American would come back to Tweed. Used to have flights to PHL and CLT from HVN. As someone that travels for work essentially weekly living in CLT its difficult to convince myself to fly another airline at this point despite how much I despise AA

They probably will once Tweed's expansion is complete. There's no room currently. When they left, they said the route made enough money, but they needed the planes elsewhere.

 

[sledog]

What type of aircraft?

 

[Fishy]

What type of aircraft?

The usual.

Wings to both sides. Seats in the middle.

 

[mussels]

Have been flying out of Westchester since the terminal was a Quonset hut. There was an RDU route on American that lasted six months about 25 years ago. That route hasn’t reappeared since.

Did you by chance leave your honda civic parked close to the runway one day?

 

[karstenkibbe]

Did you by chance leave your honda civic parked close to the runway one day?

I don’t own a Civic.

 

[mussels]

I don’t own a Civic

Since you’ve been going there a while, figured you might recognize the reference. Twenty five years later, its still the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear “Westchester Airport”

“Whereas parking lots close to the runway are not typically a problem for sports teams since most team members drive substantial vehicles like SUV’s (2.7 tons), Van Gundy was always known for his frugality, especially when it came to automobiles. As the team’s charter flight landed and taxied on the runway, a blast from the engine propulsion literally lifted his little 1995 Honda Civic (around 2,300 pounds) off the ground and sent it flying into the air, totally destroying it and three other cars, including Allan Houston’s 1997 Mercedes.”

On his 54th birthday, here is our favorite Jeff Van Gundy story

Here is one of the funniest Jeff Van Gundy stories you will ever hear.

www.si.com

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Have been flying out of Westchester since the terminal was a Quonset hut. There was an RDU route on American that lasted six months about 25 years ago. That route hasn’t reappeared since.

From ~1986-1988 I had to fly out of Westchester to DC a few times a year for business. The plane was a prop, passenger liner, six rows, two seats on one side, one on the other. I called it a lawnmower with wings.

 

[karstenkibbe]

From ~1986-1988 I had to fly out of Westchester to DC a few times a year for business. The plane was a prop, passenger liner, six rows, two seats on one side, one on the other. I called it a lawnmower with wings.

Oh I remember those. Business Express. Flew from HPN to DC and to Boston. They also flew out of Bridgeport and Groton-New London.

 

[Fishy]

From ~1986-1988 I had to fly out of Westchester to DC a few times a year for business. The plane was a prop, passenger liner, six rows, two seats on one side, one on the other. I called it a lawnmower with wings.

Oh I remember those. Business Express. Flew from HPN to DC and to Boston. They also flew out of Bridgeport and Groton-New London.

They flew the SAAB 340s. Used to pummel your senses if you sat near the wing.

 

[boog204]

Stewart is now your one stop shop to fly to weird airports in Florida, Iceland or the nation’s only direct flight to the Faroe Islands.

Thought this was a joke at first... But lo and behold, it was true. Sadly, there will be no more Faroe Island flights in 2025.

 

[Fishy]

Thought this was a joke at first... But lo and behold, it was true. Sadly, there will be no more Faroe Island flights in 2025.

We actually looked into it last year - Stewart is like 30m away - they had like 5-7 flights and it looked like nearly every seat was open, so not surprised they killed it. Strangely, a ticket included bus transport from NYC.

We still have Iceland, though. (We’ve done that.)