Traveling to GP Indy from Mass

[wweenieking]

I was wondering how people from Mass plan on traveling to the GP. The flights I have found are a little pricey. Has anyone found a cheap flight? If so, where? I'd rather not drive due to using up too much vacation time at work, but this may be the only option I have if I don't want to spend $500 on the weekend (flight+hotel+spending money). Thanks for any help you can give. For reference, the cheapest flight I have found is $315, but I would like to spend no more than $200. Thanks again.

[Damoxx]

If you are just now starting to hunt for a ticket, you are about 1 month behind the best time to shop. It is still possible to find a decent priced ticket 4 weeks out, but it is tough.

Or try Amtrak. The train station is right across the street from the convention center.

[wweenieking]

Thanks for the reply. I'll look into the train. I did start looking at least a month ago, but couldn't find any for under 300 so I didn't pull the trigger.

I know for Jet Blue they have discounted flights once in a while, but they don't fly into Indy. Any one know of other airlines that runs specials every once and a while? (Besides ones that only discount flying on Tues and Wend)

Thanks again.

[bfeingersh]

JetBlue not flying to Indy is a pain :( I travel with them a lot on the east coast (between Boston and DC every couple months) and I was very sad to find that they don't go to Indy.

We have a group that's probably making the very long drive (~13 hours?), although if I see a flight deal for less than $250 or so I'm going to jump on it and do that. Honestly, trains just aren't worth it since you end up spending almost as much time as in a car and almost as much money as in a plane.

[wweenieking]

I agree Jet Blue is the best. I try and fly it when ever I can (flying with them to GP Baltimore next weekend) . It looks like we may be driving too. We don't mind driving, its the vacation needed to use to go. Luckily I have two byes and my two friends going have 2, and 3 so we don't need to be there early Friday. But since we are trying to hit a lot of GPs this year, using 2 vacation days for Indy is rough, that's why I wanted to fly and save time. For Baltimore we fly out late Friday and early Monday so we use a total of a half a day to go. I love legacy too much to miss it though, and my buddy top 8ed Providence, he doesn't want to miss it either.

[cdr]

The problem with Amtrak is that it's generally more expensive than a plane ticket and pretty much everything else about it is also downside. About the only benefit is avoiding the TSA groping.