Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Airlines AZ / ND: Random Update for North Dakota Snowbirds Roosting in Phoenix

Updates


May 20, 2021: United Airlines will add back a third daily flight to Denver, CO.

December 1, 2015: Delta suspends its twice-a-day flights between Minneapolis and Dickinson.

January 22, 2015 (roundtrip):

  • Williston / Bismarck:  Delta, United, $1200
  • Williston / Denver: United, Delta, $720
  • Williston / Minneapolis: Delta, $640; United, $870
  • Williston / Houston, TX: United, $800; a non-stop United, $1,000
September 24, 2014:
Frontier Airlines will discontinue flights from Denver to Bismarck and Minot.

United Airlines has flights from Denver to Bismarck and Minot.

May 15, 2014: round trip, direct, Williston-to-Houston, beginning November, 2014, on United.

Later, 6:15 pm est: see first comment. Other airline options to Arizona:
Allegiant Air runs Minot to Mesa AZ for under $200. I paid ~$180 for my 2012 pheasant hunt at the end of October, returning to Mesa first week of November. You have to pick their flying days, of course, for the best rates.
These are the same guys who do the Vegas junkets from various cities.

Greyhound is $34 from there and takes 2:20, so just a stop in Stanley. 
The other reasonable rate to PHX to Billings on Delta, but you gotta still get to the basin from there.
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Link here to azcentral.com.
[Phoenix-area] nighttime temperatures have dropped below freezing, pushing the region into a four-day cold snap, the first of its kind in more than 24 years, experts say.
The unusually cold weather froze pipes at Valley homes, strained homeless charities and likely knocked out power, among other problems.
The "first of its kind in more than 24 years.'

Electricity is out in some areas. Apparently the wind turbines froze. 

And yes, it is my understanding that Phoenix is the #1 destination for North Dakota snowbirds. Round-trip, Williston to Phoenix, one connecting city, for $500.

2 comments:

  1. Allegiant air runs Minot to Mesa AZ for under $200, I paid ~$180 for my 2012 pheasant hunt at the end of Oct, returning to Mesa first week of November. You have to pick thier flying days of course for the best rates. these are the same guys to do the vegas junkets from various cities. Greyhound is $34 from there and takes 2:20, so just a stop in Stanley. In the past it was Northwest to MInn & then Minot, horrible hours, like 5 am departure out of Minot, or spend to big bucks out of Denver on United (min of $500). Hate to see people get ripped off by airlines... the other reasonable rate to PHX to Billings on Delta, but you gotta still get to the basin from there.

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    1. I appreciate that. I will put this in a stand-alone post so it reaches a wider audience.

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