Allegiant Review: YNG Airport-The Best Deal
Posted on January 14, 2007
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Given to the YNG Blog by the folks at the brand new: Mahoning Valley Voice, run by Dan and Darlene Crouse; prominent Realtors in the Mahoning Valley. Our site’s are planning on working hand and hand to get the best out at the airport in Vienna! Join us today as we push for additional air service at YNG!
Don’t you love it when you get what you want, get a good deal, and it turns out to be much better than you expected? I wanted to visit friends in Florida over New Years eve; so dutifully I had scoured the travel sites Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline; and continually got the same rehashing of flights, prices, rental cars that were going to cost us a thousand dollars for the week. About to through in the towel and spend New Years eve in the company of local friends, I gave it one last stab on Thanksgiving night.
Hmmmm, what was the name of that airline…the obviously misguided one that I only hear about on local TV when their flights are late….I know, I’ll Google them. Ahhhh Allegiant Air. Obviously misguided because they fly into the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. What’s this? $39.00 each way Warren to Orlando? Sign me up…round trip of course. What have I got to lose?
So, for the first time in 15 years or more, we (Darlene and I) booked a flight out of our The Youngstown Warren Regional Airport, for 20% of the quoted costs on ANY other carrier. Let’s see, we drove 15 minutes, didn’t wait for parking, walked less than 200 feet to the terminal; 10 minutes in line for tickets, security, and waited in a terminal gate as clean, nice, and organized as any in Cleveland…it even had a huge skylight!
Worried that the plane would be a reject from Peoples Express, I was happy to see a shiny MD80 pull up, and find the interior as clean and neat as any Continental Flight I have recently taken. Those exit row seats I booked on line gave me the opportunity to start this posting without worrying about the guy in front of me squashing my laptop as he reclined his seat. Knowing some of my flight-mates, I can tell you they ranged from parents taking their family and pets to Disney, to some of The Mahoning Valley’s most successful retirees. The flight was full!
My point? We left our home less than 1 1/2 hours before our flight, parked, checked in, went through security, and took off from a clean, modern, inviting airport with time to spare. Yet for the last 20 years I have only driven by it, never really giving it much thought and flying from Cleveland or Pittsburgh. Cost forced me to “Rediscover” that we have Allegiant Airlines, and a beautiful facility. It is like discovering that the girl next door IS beautiful.
So, What to do? I looked at the Allegiant Flights across the country. Did you know they fly to Las Vegas and Naples Fla. as well as Orlando? Why not additional flights to Warren Ohio? If you like the idea of a direct Flight from the Mahoning Valley to Las Vegas or Naples, send them an e-mail. Go to recenter@allegiantair.com and request it. We have an untapped gem here. Only we can tap it… by using it. Let’s request additional service and then use it. I would love to hear someone complain about the lack of parking at the Youngstown Warren Regional Airport. This Gem is yours and mine to use…or lose. Tell your friends…in town and out about the Gem we have here in The Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. For $39.00, it was the best present we gave ourselves this Holiday Season.
Dan Crouse
PLEASE COMMENT ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AND IF YOU’VE FLOWN ALLEGIANT, SEND US A TRIP REPORT AS WELL!
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