cheap flights from JFK to BOS

What ya got

[eljefe3]

I'm flying into JFK and need to get to Boston. What's the cheapest flight you've seen/got. So far all I can get is $161 which seems high for a 1 hour flight.

[Brett_Tabke]

Ever consider taking the Train? I think they are like $75 from ny to boston. Tedster?

[lazerzubb]

I booked my flight for 129$
From the same airport i think (May be LGA not sure)

[petertdavis]

I've got some good prices by looking at the smaller regional airports. Flew to Washington DC a couple years back round trip for under a hundred by going Manchester to BWI. Logan to Dulles was over three times the price. If you're wanting to get to downtown Boston I would definately recommend the Acela.

[agerhart]

Ever consider taking the Train? I think they are like $75 from ny to boston.

Not even close. Amtrak is ridiculously expensive. It is cheaper for me to fly from Providence, TF Green Airport, to Long Island, than it is to take a train from Providence to Connecticut or NY.

[Brett_Tabke]

Ask tedster...he knows these things.

[agerhart]

$127.00 for one way from Penn Station to Boston South Station on the Acela Express.

$70 for one way from Penn Station to Boston South Station on the regular train.

Guess the prices must have gone down. They used to absurdly high.

[Laisha]

It is, in my opinion, worth the extra money to use the Acela Express.

But then, I'm a big Amtrak fan. Love those sleeper cars! :)

[tedster]

If you're on a tight budget, consider the bus. They run every hour from Port Authority (even closer at some times of the day), make the trip in 4 to 4.5 hours, and the cost is $40. The bus station in Boston is at the same spot as the train station, and about 5 blocks from the Tremont Wyndham hotel.

In fact, if you're going from Boston to NYC (insteasd of the other way around) there's a $40 round trip special. And on some runs you even get a movie.

[Brett_Tabke]

Not alot of help are we eljefe!

[eljefe3]

Looks like I'll just have to bite the bullet. By the time you take a cab from the airport to the train or bus station, it comes out to about the same except for the time. Afte being in the air for 22 hours from SE Asia, I don't want to bump around on a train or bus.

[choster]

From JFK you can take a taxi or an express bus to LGA. US Airways, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines run shuttles between BOS (Boston Logan), LGA (New York-LaGuardia), and DCA (Washington-Reagan National); you can get a flight from any one to any other every half hour or so during working hours.

I should add however that though you don't want to jostle around in a bus or train after a long flight, that the shuttle is not quite a first class experience. It is cheap, single class, fast, and regular; it caters to business travelers. And the non-shuttle flights are likely to be even worse, because they will use small (e.g. 19-seat) regional jets or turboprops instead of airliners.

If I order far enough in advance, I can fly round trip DCA-LGA-DCA for as little as $98. Cheapest, slowest Amtrak round trip fare (my worst trip was 4 1/2 hours and I think 13 stops) OTOH is still over $160. Since you are already at JFK, moreover, the convenience of taking the train is lost, since you'd have to take the subway or a taxi into Manhattan (10-minute bus ride to the subway station, then 45 minutes or so on the A train to Penn station).

[skibum]

$161 isn't bad. If ya wait till a week or so before the date of the flight those things can cost up to a grand.