Travelers who have scored a $49 discounted airfare, only to arrive at their destination to find it could cost that much to catch a cab downtown, will appreciate the latest travel resource from Cheapflights.com, a leading independent travel price search and comparison site. Continuing its mission to be a one-stop resource for leisure travelers looking for travel tips and airfare deals, Cheapflights.com offers its recommendations for the "Best of the Best Airport/Rail Links", citing 14 notable airports from among the more than 14,800 across the U.S.
"This 'gotcha' scenario happens all the time, and it can kill a travel budget," said Aviation Expert Jerry Chandler, who authored the 'Best of the Best Airport/Rail Links' posting on Cheapflights' Flight News blog. "The bad news is that the United States lags behind Europe in its ability to shuttle travelers between airports and city centers by rail. The good news is that we're catching up, with modern, comfortable public rail connections popping up all over the country," said Chandler, a regular contributor to Cheapflights' blog.
Cheapflights "Best of the Best Airport/Rail Links" were selected through a combination of "test driving" the air/rail link systems and anecdotal input. While Chandler say he has used most of the "best of the best" systems cited, he notes that he also received input from other expert travelers familiar with using airport/rail link systems.
Cheapflights "Best of the Best Airport Rail Links" (listed alphabetically by city)
Visit http://news.cheapflights.com/airlines/2007/01/cheapflights_be.html for more details on each airport/rail link.
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International (Georgia)
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (Maryland/Washington, DC)
Boston Logan International (Massachusetts)
Chicago Midway (Illinois)
Chicago O'Hare International (Illinois)
Cleveland Hopkins International (Ohio)
Dallas/Fort Worth International (Texas)
Minneapolis/St. Paul International (Minnesota)
Newark Liberty International (New Jersey)
New York John F. Kennedy International (New York)
Portland International (Oregon)
San Francisco International (California)
Lambert-St. Louis International (Missouri)
Washington, DC Reagan National (Washington, DC)
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Founded in London in 1996, Cheapflights Ltd. - the UK's leading price search and comparison site (www.cheapflights.co.uk) - pioneered the travel search category and quickly grew to become the leading travel search Web site in the UK. The first independent online price search and comparison portal for travel deals, Cheapflights Ltd. also pioneered the Travel Search Engine (TSE) concept and was the first travel site to introduce a pay-per-click (PPC) model for advertisers.
