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Old 03-26-2007, 04:40 PM
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Southwest has a fare of $49 each way going from Orlando to Philly. Philly is about a 4 or 5 hour drive from Toga... wonder if it's worth it to do that and just drive?
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Old 03-26-2007, 04:41 PM
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Southwest has a fare of $49 each way going from Orlando to Philly. Philly is about a 4 or 5 hour drive from Toga... wonder if it's worth it to do that and just drive?
but when you factor in gas and finding a rental that you can take out of state....
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Old 03-26-2007, 04:43 PM
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but when you factor in gas and finding a rental that you can take out of state....
Yeah, that's true... I guess I need to just wait and see if the fares go down. I hate it when they do this.

I'm just excited and want to book the damn ticket already. LOL
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Southwest has a fare of $49 each way going from Orlando to Philly. Philly is about a 4 or 5 hour drive from Toga... wonder if it's worth it to do that and just drive?
that's way too damn close to me, I vote Hartford
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Old 03-26-2007, 04:55 PM
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that's way too damn close to me, I vote Hartford
Why don't you ride up with me, then?

5 hours in the car with me and you'll never want to get out.
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Another flight option might be Manchester, NH. Looking at a 3.5-4 hour ride. It's not terrible and I know Southwest has a hub there.
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Another flight option might be Manchester, NH. Looking at a 3.5-4 hour ride. It's not terrible and I know Southwest has a hub there.
I got all excited at the prospect of riding with Bill (Dr. Fager) all the way to Toga, though. Haha

I checked Manchester earlier and the fare isn't low enough to mess with driving all that way. I'm just being a stubborn ass and don't want to pay the $360. Ugh. I'll end up doing it eventually. LOL
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Old 03-26-2007, 05:45 PM
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I got all excited at the prospect of riding with Bill (Dr. Fager) all the way to Toga, though. Haha

I checked Manchester earlier and the fare isn't low enough to mess with driving all that way. I'm just being a stubborn ass and don't want to pay the $360. Ugh. I'll end up doing it eventually. LOL
I hear ya on the $$ thing. The rental we've had the last few seasons has bumped it's price so we're sort of looking around for other potential options.
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Gator...the problem my friends have leaving Sunday race day is the traffic is BRUTAL heading anywhere SOUTH from Albany. The chances of you making any Sunday evening flight are slim. Not Long Island, Philly. Even all the late night flights out of NY-LaGuardia stop leaving at 6 PM to FLA on a Sunday night!

You still looking at the weekend of the 27th -29th?

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Southwest has a fare of $49 each way going from Orlando to Philly. Philly is about a 4 or 5 hour drive from Toga... wonder if it's worth it to do that and just drive?
yea my parents live around there... maybe we can make the trip together. how long are you going for? If you are flying in Fri night and leaving sunday 8-10 hours in the car is a big chunk of time
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Southwest has a fare of $49 each way going from Orlando to Philly. Philly is about a 4 or 5 hour drive from Toga... wonder if it's worth it to do that and just drive?
Find a connector...only 35-45 min. flight to Albany from Philly
you can also fly into Pitt and connect to Albany with SW, not a bad flight.
Jet Blue used to fly into Syracuse, not sure now, 2 1/2 hr drive to the Spa.

Driving sucks!!!
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Thanks for all of the advice, guys!
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Anyone coming to Saratoga...in addition to the races the sales are worth catching also.

Aug. 6-7: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
Aug. 10-11: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga preferred yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
Aug. 14: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga open yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
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Anyone coming to Saratoga...in addition to the races the sales are worth catching also.

Aug. 6-7: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
Aug. 10-11: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga preferred yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
Aug.14: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga open yearling sale in Saratoga Springs
Hard to recommend
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The Newburgh Airport is not in Westchester. The airport in Westchester is White Plains(code HPN) which is another alternative as it sits right on rt. 684 just north of NYC.
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I believe they have a train that leaves NYC, and goes to Saratoga.
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