<p>More demand. Tons of people in NYC, and a lot of people at Cornell are from the area.</p>
<p>Has anyone here flown US Airways nonstop from LGA (LaGuardia) to Ithaca?</p>
<p>yeah crazy prices! It's $65 one way from syracuse to ithaca and about $100 round trip! I didn't know bus from NYC is only 30 some dollars. I live near Chicago, so is LaGuardia, Newark, or JFK the cheapest option for me? My parents have a bunch of frequent flyer miles (mostly from business trips etc, because they're usually forced to travel a lot, and so we're almost like "Kryptonite" members, more free miles and tickets than gold and platinum).</p>
<p>I lived in the Bay Area (Santa Cruz) when I was an undergrad at Cornell...by far the cheapest is to fly to NYC. There are shuttles that go directly from the major airports to the port authority in mid-town. From there shortline is 35 bucks and 5 hours from Ithaca...a pain the butt when you have bags and are tired, but it does drop you off right on campus and it's cheap. Syracuse is good if you can have a friend pick you up, but otherwise, the cost of transport from Syracuse to Ithaca is prohibitively expensive.</p>
<p>Cheers,
CUgrad</p>
<p>Try to book your Thanksgiving travel ASAP, especially if you decide to go through Syracuse. (Most of the flights to/from Ithaca are already heavily booked.) </p>
<p>My son had good luck with getting rides to Syracuse from friends or the CU Ride Board (available under CU Info on the website.) However, he agrees that it can be cheaper to fly through NYC and easier to book when you don't have the luxury of booking 3 or more months in advance.</p>
<p>Also, for the Chicago resident, look into American Airlines reduced FF awards for Chicago-Syracuse in the winter months. They offer a reduced requirement of 15,000 miles for award travel from September-March. Thanksgiving week is blacked out, as are some other travel days.</p>