Fresno Sunday game

[PawDawg]

My son's on the team (didn't make the trip) but he says they fly commercial and not charter. It appears that the team is at the mercy of the commercial schedule.

Yeah, I figured it was commercial. Just hard to believe they couldn't get a flight out until tomorrow afternoon. 24 hours w/out a flight to Dallas is hard to believe.

[VolDawg]

Probably a matter of when they could get a less-expensive flight. If they can save $200 per ticket by flying in the afternoon instead of early in the morning, I think that's a no-brainer when you're talking about a travel party of 30+ people.

That said, every time we traveled to the west coast when I was with the baseball team, we would leave from San Francisco or Reno or wherever it was fairly early in the morning (Pacific time), but then have to change planes in Denver with a layover before heading to Dallas. So oftentimes it was 4 or 5 p.m. before we even landed at DFW. Then, include Dallas rush-hour traffic and stopping for dinner on the way back, and it was almost always well after 10 p.m. before we actually made it back to Ruston.

[DONW]

Who won?

[DogsWin]

Who won?

Fresno St. We split the series 2-2 with them.

[TECH88]

One would think these reservations were made long before the volcanic ash and probably before BVDV was the AD. This is a pretty typical travel schedule from the west coast. The team will have to make the bus trip from Dallas after their flight; that must be terrible! I am sure this saves money and of course, it only adds to the travel time.

Dang, I didn't realize we were busing it to Dallas, I thought we caught flights out of Shreveport. Btw, is this pretty much the normal itinerary for all our non-football sports that travel west?

[Designated Hitter]

Dang, I didn't realize we were busing it to Dallas, I thought we caught flights out of Shreveport. Btw, is this pretty much the normal itinerary for all our non-football sports that travel west?

Hour to shreveport, get there 2 hours early, flight an hour, then get baggage as likely not same airline, may not be direct flight at good connecting time to Dallas. Can be better to just bus it to Dallas.

[DogsWin]

Have you guys ever priced a roundtrip ticket from Shreveport or Monroe to Dallas? Now multiply that by every coach, player, trainer, key booster,... per road game flight.

It is absolutely ridiculous what is charged for that short leg, but the airlines charge it BECAUSE THEY CAN. The Ruston to Dallas drive is not bad and it saves us a ton of $$$ that can be better spent on other things that are much more needed.