Re: 2003 NAQT ICT to be held in Los Angeles: A Bet

• From: kactigger <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:56:34 -0000
• Message-ID: <ao3pti+1o8l_at_...>

Raj-
I think it's likely that we'll go.

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., tgallows <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> For what it's worth, I had to fly out to LA a month or two back, 
and I
> was able to get a $235 ticket on (I think) Delta, flying out of
> Jacksonville, which isn't exactly a major hub.  I reserved the 
ticket
> with a month's notice, which is less than what an ICT team would 
have.
>  True, it may cost more if you're flying back Saturday night or 
Sunday
> than if you flew back on a weekday, but I'd think that tickets 
should
> be out there for far less than $500.  I've taken many cross-country
> trips to LA and I doubt I've ever had a ticket that cost more than 
300
> bucks.
> 
> It should also be noted that LAX isn't your only option in southern
> California.  I usually fly into the John Wayne / Orange County / 
Santa
> Ana airport of many names when I go out there -- it might be an 
hour's
> drive from LA (if you can avoid rush hour on 5 or 405), but it's 
worth
> it if it happens to save you a hundred bucks per ticket.  There are 
a
> couple other airports in the LA basin (Ontario being one of them), 
but
> I don't know how convenient they would be.
> 
> I can't speak for my teammates at UF, but I'd go to the ICT if we
> qualify.  Besides, it'll take us less time to fly to LA than it will
> to drive to the nearest SCT site.
> 
> --Raj Dhuwalia, U of Florida