| There's generally disheartening news for
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| | ballpark fuel cost at just over 33
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| business people and vacationers intending
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| | dollars (33.23). The calculator also
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| to fly on business or on vacation this
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| | computed the round-trip cost of the
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| summer, according to a recent article
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| | drive, in this case, 66.46.
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| published in U.S. News & World Report.
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| | To compare this to the cost of flying, I
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| Not only have flight delays increased,
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| | next visited
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| but so, too, have the number of
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| | Sidestep appeals to me because it scours
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| passengers impacted per plane. For some,
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| | hundreds of airline and discounted fare
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| the news was worse than for others.
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| | websites for the best fare and then lets
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| Ranking major airports based on a
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| | me book my flight directly with the
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| combination of the percentage of flights
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| | airline in question instead of using an
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| delayed and the average load of departing
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| | intermediary like Orbitz, Travelocity or
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| planes, the U.S. News article branded
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| | Expedia. Dealing with the airline
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| Detroit's Wayne County Airport as the
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| | directly and not through a third-party
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| nations "most miserable airport".
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| | ticket broker, makes it easier and
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| Official Department of Transportation
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| | possibly less costly if fees are involved
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| numbers paint a frustrating picture for
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| | to rebook if necessary.
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| Motown's frequent fliers. Thirty-nine
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| | At sidestep.com, I located an American
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| percent of flights at Detroit leave the
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| | Airlines non-stop flight that would whisk
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| tarmac late. Combined with an average
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| | me from Detroit to Chicago on a Tuesday
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| load factor of just under seventy-seven
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| | and return me the following Thursday at a
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| percent - meaning that passenger flights
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| | total round-trip cost of 119.00 dollars.
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| leaving the Motor City are nearly 77
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| | Not at all a bad price, but still roughly
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| percent full - Detroit's airport offers
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| | twice as expensive as the cost of
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| the most misery to the largest number of
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| | traveling by car. And the price did not
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| passengers when flights are delayed.
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| | factor in the cost of airport parking or
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| Because I live near Detroit and
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| | any added airport fees or taxes.
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| occasionally travel to nearby Chicago or
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| | Because I enjoy driving, the decision to
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| Cleveland on business, these statistics
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| | drive to Chicago on my next business trip
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| got me wondering about the advantages -
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| | was an obvious one. My route takes me
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| if any - of traveling by car to these
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| | right by the Detroit airport anyway and
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| destinations. Thanks to some other advice
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| | I'd rather spend my time driving through
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| in the article, it was quite simple for
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| | the scenic countryside of Western
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| me to price and then compare the cost of
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| | Michigan than battling long lines and
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| driving and flying to each of these
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| | possible delays at the airport. As an
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| cities.
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| | added bonus, it's nice to have my own car
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| The first step in the process was to
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| | in Chicago and also nice to save on the
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| check out
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| | cost of a rental.
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| Maintained by the American Automobile
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| | Whether a decision like mine adds up in
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| Association (AAA), this website makes it
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| | your case depends to a large extent on
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| easy to input your starting point and
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| | your starting point and final
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| destination along with the make, model
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| | destination. Even though it's still
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| and year of manufacture of your vehicle.
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| | marginally less expensive for me to drive
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| Using MPG estimates for your particular
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| | from Detroit to Los Angeles than it is to
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| vehicle and the average gas price for
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| | fly, for example, I'd never dream of
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| your neck of the woods, AAA's fuel cost
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| | making this long drive part of a business
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| calculator rapidly computes the distance,
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| | trip.
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| the quantity of fuel required and total
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| | As a rule it's the shorter trips, on the
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| price of the gas for a typical drive from
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| | order of 250 to 450 miles, where driving
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| in my case - Detroit to Chicago. In my
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| | makes sense. Decide for yourself by
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| case, I learned that I could expect to
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| | comparing the cost of flying and the cost
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| consume 10.58 gallons of gas for the
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| | of driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas,
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| 275-mile drive to the Windy City at at a
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| | Washington, D.C.
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