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- From: shogun@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Mike M. Tatsugawa)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: How to save $$$ going to Bay Area Anime Conventions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.185727.3609@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 02:57:27 GMT
- Organization: The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
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- Although United Airlines is the OFFICIAL air carrier of Anime Expo, I
- found a neat way for all of you fans out there to save money (if you
- act quickly). This strategy applies to any convention that you may be
- going to in most sections of the West and South Coast. Southwest Airlines
- is currently running their 2 for 1 savings program. What this means
- is that 2 individuals travel for the price of one. So if I was
- traveling from L.A. and the SW price is $58 for a round-trip from LAX
- to Oakland International, my buddy come with me and I pay $29 for the
- round-trip. Same applies in New Orleans or Chicago or anywhere else
- that they fly to. The savings are much larger too! This also
- probably means that you can split the hotel costs down the middle and
- save the extra $$$ for the dealers' room. If you are particularly
- generous, then just allow a friend to tag along with you to the
- convention. The catch though is that Southwest will only fly into
- major airline hubs, so that means that Oakland and San Francisco
- International Airports are to only airports in the Bay Area that they
- fly to. Fans might want to use RAA or JAMO to find out which other
- fans are traveling from their region so that they can arrange for
- these savings. Anime Expo had attendees from 38 states plus Puerto
- Rico and the District of Columbia. Odds are that there is another
- attendee not too far away from you. Southwest only flies as far
- Northeast as Chicago and as far Southwest as New Orleans, so you New
- Yorkers may not get too much in the way of savings. Our travel Agent
- at Ladera Travel told me that these fares will probably be sold out
- for the weekend of Expo by February or March. She also told me that
- these fares are fully refundable, so there is no penalty for buying
- when your plans are still not set yet! If you want Ladera Travel to
- compare the Southwest Fares for your region against the discounts
- offered by United Airlines, just call them at (213)-772-1511.
-
-
- Just a thought...
-
- Mike
-
- P.S. You Anime America attendees out there can take advantagoe of this
- deal too, but will have to fly into Oakland, BART down to Fremont,
- take a bus down to light rail and take the light rail to Santa Clara.
- (I think that there is a bus that goes there from BART, but I'm not
- quite sure.)
- --
- Mike Tatsugawa, AKA shogun: The busiest anime fan in the world!
- President, SPJA: 2425 B Channing, Suite 684, Brk, CA 94704
- Publicity Coordinator, Anime Expo '93
-