{"id":8190,"date":"2010-07-13T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2016-12-16T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T18:23:57","slug":"airlines-go-to-war-in-boston-phoenix-and-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/airlines-go-to-war-in-boston-phoenix-and-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines go to war in Boston, Phoenix and Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8282\" title=\"AirplaneStock1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/AirplaneStock1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><atitle=\"US Airways\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=us-airways-flight-deals&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">US Airways<\/a> has been the only nonstop operator between <strong>Boston\/Logan<\/strong> and its <strong>Phoenix<\/strong> hub. And it has charged business travelers accordingly. A one-way flight tomorrow is<strong> <\/strong>$613 (nonrefundable) or an astonishing $1,177 on a refundable basis. But that monopoly comes to an end in September. <strong>Southwest Airlines<\/strong>, which already operates a Phoenix hub and is growing in Boston, will launch a daily Logan-Phoenix flight. And <a title=\"JetBlue Airways\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=jetblue-airways-flight-deals&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">JetBlue Airways<\/a>, the biggest player at Logan, will also add a <strong>Boston-Phoenix<\/strong> flightin September. JetBlue&#8217;s opening rate was $99 one-way. It is currently selling nonrefundable fares for $129 one-way.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of war, it&#8217;s <strong>Frontier Airlines<\/strong>, which now includes Milwaukee-based <strong>Midwest Airlines<\/strong>, versus <a title=\"AirTran Airways\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=airtran-airways-flight-deals&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">AirTran Airways<\/a>, which once tried to buy Midwest. Frontier has severed its frequent flyer program link with AirTran and AirTran has responded by offering 32 credits in its A+ Rewards program to any Midwest customer who donates 50,000 miles to charities associated with the Midwest Miles program. The 32 credits are good for one business-class roundtrip wherever AirTran flies.<\/p>\n<p>And while Frontier and Midwest are merging their fleets and schedules, AirTran is bulking up. It is adding flights from <strong>Milwaukee<\/strong> to <strong>Washington\/National<\/strong> and Boston and introducing two new routes (Milwaukee-<strong>New Orleans<\/strong> and Milwaukee-<strong>Sarasota, Florida<\/strong>). Just for a final tweak, AirTran has painted one of its planes with the logo of the <a title=\"Milwaukee Brewers\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com\/index.jsp?c_id=mil\" target=\"_self\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> baseball team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. Licensed by contract for Orbitz use.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT1mN2M0ZjBjZGY2ZmM5NTFkMmY5NGZlMzM4ZDQ5ZWZkNA==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Airways has been the only nonstop operator between Boston\/Logan and its Phoenix hub. And it has charged business travelers accordingly. A one-way flight tomorrow is $613 (nonrefundable) or an astonishing $1,177 on a refundable basis. But that monopoly comes to an end in September. Southwest Airlines, which already operates a Phoenix hub and is growing in Boston, will launch a daily Logan-Phoenix flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1134,292],"class_list":["post-8190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-airtran-airways","tag-jetblue-airways"],"acf":{"api_active":null,"api_title":null,"api_excerpt":null,"api_featured_image":null,"api_lob":null},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airlines go to war in Boston, Phoenix and Milwaukee | Orbitz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/airlines-go-to-war-in-boston-phoenix-and-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airlines go to war in Boston, Phoenix and Milwaukee | Orbitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Airways has been the only nonstop operator between Boston\/Logan and its Phoenix hub. 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