what's the best way to get from nyc to santa fe?

seems like no one flies direct to abq... what%26#39;s the most painless route? thanks.

what's the best way to get from nyc to santa fe?

One way to do it would be to get from NYC to Baltimore. Southwest has at least one non-stop per day from Baltimore to ABQ.

what's the best way to get from nyc to santa fe?

NY%26gt;Denver%26gt;Alb is also an option. Frontier has a sale right now till Feb 2...looks like pretty good prices. A bit of a wait for connections in Denver but not too bad--time to get a massage, eat, and shop a little.

You are so correct! Non-stops seem to vanishing as fast as our GNP.

Mitch headed you the right way. Southwest has two daily flights to Albuquerque from Long Island Airport (ISP), both with a change in Chicago Midway. There is only one return flight to ISP daily, with one stop, again in Chicago Midway. The Southwest prices didn%26#39;t seem to be any better than the lowest among the other airlines, which suprised me.

The lowest fare/shortest flight time (the combination I use, but $ may not be a priority to you) seems to be American Airlines right now, with 1 stop in Chicago (O%26#39;Hare I presume, didn%26#39;t notice).It has better ';timing'; than some others...Leaving NY at 7:55am ET, arriving in Albuquerque at 12:35pm MT.

I believe that next to Southwest, United is the next most common carrier into Albuquerque. Many flights are via Denver. I noted on Expedia.com that the rates were all over the place by the way. But what else is new? The above will probably be changed by next week anyway! :-)

Fly into Albuquerque, howevr you may do that, (go to Kayak.com and type in the trip) then rent a car and drive the 50 minutes to Santa Fe, which is what I%26#39;d do as having a czr in Santa Fe is handy, or take the railrunner train from downtown to downtown.

Since I make a number of trips between NY (Manhattan) and SF each year, this is a good question. It used to be 10 hrs. door-to-door (apartment in NYC to condo in SF) but now it is a hassle and often a missed connection.

I thought the (only) NON-STOP (Continental Airlines Newark to ABQ) would help, but both times I took it, it left over 6 hours late(!!) so what good was that?

Now I just take the lowest fare at the moment (Delta, American, NW, United). Southwest is not convenient to NYC.

I doubt I would fly direct to SF on some of the newer flights. I think they will be more expensive. The airport is still maybe 20 min. ride to downtown SF, (cab ride maybe, but you might want to rent a car) so still flying to ABQ and renting a car is fine, it is only a 50 min. drive. ABQ at least is a wonderful airport. Compact, attractive, pretty much hassle-free.

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