Frontier Airlines adding flight to Washington Dulles from St. Augustine

[thelakelander]

Sweet! I have a DC trip coming up. Buying a ticket now!

Frontier Airlines is adding a new line of service from the St. Augustine airport: Nonstop flights to Washington Dulles International Airport.

To kick off the service to Dulles, Frontier is hosting a 12-hour sale in which flights can be booked for as low as $15 each way. To book flights, visit flyfrontier.com.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/05/13/frontier-airlines-adding-flight-to-washington.html

[thelakelander]

Crap. They don't start flying until September. But with tickets as low as $10 one-way, I may still make a purchase.

[Charles Hunter]

I've been thinking about a fall trip to DC ...

[ProjectMaximus]

Dulles is so FAR from the city, but I've never tried the public transport from there so maybe it's not so bad. Once the Metro's Silver Line is finished this could be a decent option.

I'm still waiting on JetBlue to add the flight from JAX-DCA. What's taking so long?!?!

[thelakelander]

It's not so bad. You just hop on a van or shuttle bus that takes you into the city or nearest metro stop.

[Charles Hunter]

And the Udvar-Hazy branch of the NASM is out there ...

[ProjectMaximus]

It's not so bad. You just hop on a van or shuttle bus that takes you into the city or nearest metro stop.

It's 1-2 hours to get to the city, depending on when exactly you leave the airport. Not horrible but not great...especially with Reagan being the alternative.

[thelakelander]

It works when you get great flight deals. I normally fly late, so its never taken me two hours to get to city. More like 45 minutes from what I remember from my last flight to Dulles. Nevertheless, yes Reagan is a great alternative when there's no big discrepancy in the fares.

[finehoe]

It's 1-2 hours to get to the city, depending on when exactly you leave the airport. Not horrible but not great...especially with Reagan being the alternative.

The Silver Line station at Wiehle Ave. will be opening in a month or two, which is only a few miles from IAD.  That should reduce transit travel time a great deal.

[Dog Walker]

And the Udvar-Hazy branch of the NASM is out there ...

That place is a "must-see" but be sure to schedule most of a day for it.  It's HUGE!  There are lots of BIG airplanes and rockets in there.  Just inside the front door you come face to nose with an HR-71 Blackbird.  The Enola Gay is in there and is a very popular place for Japanese tourists to have their pictures taken.  Go figure!

[tufsu1]

It's not so bad. You just hop on a van or shuttle bus that takes you into the city or nearest metro stop.

It's 1-2 hours to get to the city, depending on when exactly you leave the airport. Not horrible but not great...especially with Reagan being the alternative.

please....it is less than an hour in to DC when there isn't traffic....we used to make it to Dulles in 1 hour from Columbia, MD

and now my parents live in Gettysburg, PA...its basically 1.5 hours regardless of whether I fly into Dulles, National, or BWI.

[thelakelander]

^The last time I flew into Dulles, I jumped on a van for around $10-$15/person that took me straight from Dulles to my hotel's front door in Dupont Circle. I didn't time it, but it felt just as fast as flying into Reagan, catching the Metro and then walking a few blocks to my desired destination.

[ProjectMaximus]

It's not so bad. You just hop on a van or shuttle bus that takes you into the city or nearest metro stop.

It's 1-2 hours to get to the city, depending on when exactly you leave the airport. Not horrible but not great...especially with Reagan being the alternative.

please....it is less than an hour in to DC when there isn't traffic....we used to make it to Dulles in 1 hour from Columbia, MD

and now my parents live in Gettysburg, PA...its basically 1.5 hours regardless of whether I fly into Dulles, National, or BWI.

Don't take it up with me...I was using the trip planner on wmata.com!! 1-2 hours was based on 55 min - 1hr 38 min in transit time + 0 min - 32 min in wait time for the first departure (depending on what time exactly you're ready to depart)

btw, your comment of less than an hour into DC when there isn't traffic really isn't disputing my statement in any way. Have you sat in traffic at 11pm in DC traveling 5 miles in an hour? I have done this multiple times...traffic is pretty common up there.

[ProjectMaximus]

^Oh I should also specify my trip planner search was to Chinatown (arbitrary destination point) and I searched for four different departure times to get a gauge for the range of wait and transit times.

It's 1-2 hours to get to the city, depending on when exactly you leave the airport. Not horrible but not great...especially with Reagan being the alternative.

The Silver Line station at Wiehle Ave. will be opening in a month or two, which is only a few miles from IAD.  That should reduce transit travel time a great deal.

Yep, that is definitely gonna be better!

Crap. They don't start flying until September. But with tickets as low as $10 one-way, I may still make a purchase.

They were also doing $15 from Orlando to Dulles, but I don't think any of the flights start til September.

[thelakelander]

Yeah. Sucks for me since I'm headed back up that way in July.