BrianJ Wrote:
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> I have a little bit of time to kill while waiting
> on a client to finish up so I pulled up Kayak and
> picked two days in November that I believe to have
> normal airlines prices (IE not Thanksgiving week).
> I then priced flights from Houston,Tx to these
> places just because this thread has my curiosity
> up. Note, if I were flying in internationally, I
> feel Denver would by far be the best bet.
>
> Note: These are round trip prices from Houston
> Bust Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Drive times
> are by Google Maps.
>
> City - Price - Miles / Hours to Chama, NM
> Denver - $217 - 295 miles / 5 hr 21 min
> Colorado Springs - $350 - 243 miles / 4 hr 4 min
> Albuquerque - $398 - 169 miles / 2 hr 52 min
> Santa Fe - $553 - 114 miles / 2 hr 4 min
> Durango - $636 - 109 miles / 2 hr 3 min
>
> This does not take into account other factors that
> should be considered, such as rental car cost,
> flight times, number of plane changes, etc.
> However, I am pleasantly surprised with prices to
> Colorado Springs.
Keep in mind that for most airlines, COS is not a hub. American has direct flights to DFW and maybe Houston (its been a long time since I've had to fly there) and maybe Southwest has a few direct flights to places, but other than that, almost all of our traffic comes through the Denver hub.