Re: 2003 NAQT ICT to be held in Los Angeles

• From: naqt99 <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:45:57 -0000
• Message-ID: <ao7da5+bbe0_at_...>

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., suds1000 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Jason:
> 
> Speaking for those of us in the beautiful town we call Urbana-
> Champaign, it would be very hard for us to get out there to LA in 
> terms of money.  This is because Southwest does not fly out of our 
> main airport (Willard Airport in Champaign) or the other close one, 
> Bloomington.  Flights out of Indianapolis or Midway would cost (as
a 
> friend of mine has just informed me) about $500 roundtrip for each
of our players.  Four players to a team, that's 2000 big ones per
team 
> that we qualify.  And that's just airfare.  Add on the one night 
<snip>

Flights out of Midway to L.A. do NOT cost $500 round trip.  $300 is
expensive, $250 is average, and you can usually find a deal for less
than $200.  I take this trip an average of 4-5 times per year on
either Southwest or American.  If you're willing to suffer some truly
crappy service, Frontier, ATA and America West all have comparable
rates.  

Granted, it is a little bit of a pain to drive the three hours from
Urbana to Chicago, but you would probably do that anyway, unless the
tournament were in Urbana, in which case no one else would come. 
(Anyone remember that ACF Nationals?)

I move that NAQT hold the 2004 ICT in Denver, arguably the most
difficult and most expensive place to fly to from anywhere in the U.S.
 That way everyone will be equally miserable.

-- maribeth