how in bloody heck to get to MN

[Robin]

Indeed, was just about to make that same comment.  No southwest from Chi to Minn.
southwest does fly from Long Island to Minne, but it is expensive right now.    Easter weekend....

[jy3]

looks like southwest does not connect minne to any of the minor airports in the northeast.
phili, pitt, manchester, islip, cleveland and baltimore do connect. albany and buffalo dont.
 
independence air doesnt fly to minne as i said above.
neither does jet blue.

note that ata flies to  minne and i *think* they are now partnered with one of the other airlines above...cant remember which one. good luck!

[calgARI '07]

Maybe Cornell will charter a jet for fans.  

[Chris 02]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:

 How long does it take to drive?  Anyone gonna do it?[/q]

Yeah I'm gonna do it.  However, I live about 3 hours south in central Iowa.  And the REALLY bad part is I have my PhD qualifying exams on the same day, (8am-515pm), so there's no way I'd make the 1st round game.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

OK, for those of you in the NY metro area, or like me within decent driving distance, the best airfare you're likely to find is on ATA.  I just booked a ticket from LGA leaving 6 AM Friday returning Monday afternoon for $293.  Newark to MSP, is about $35 more.

FYI, while Southwest does not fly into MSP, they are partnered with ATA.  

I looked at Philly, Newark, LaGuardia, Allentown, Harrisburg, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for outbound.  I looked at flying into Duluth, LaCrosse, WI, and Mason City, IA.  I also tried combining two individual roundtrips (one on ATA and one on SWA) connecting at Midway, with even the possibility of staying Friday night in Chicago.  

As a side note, both USAir and United are sold out on "regular price" frequent flyer flights into MSP.  You want to use mileage, you're paying double or flying first class.

One last comment.  The last flights out of MSP that get back to the east coast on Sunday leave at about 7 PM.  With a 2:30 start on Sunday's game, that's just a little too close to cut it.

Now all I need is a seat at the Mooch.

[David Harding]

As someone, I think Age, noted, Ithaca->Philly->Minneapolis on USAirways is $1100+.

We're two months too early.  In May Northwest starts flying out of Ithaca and it'll be Ithaca->Detroit->Minneapolis for a few hundred dollars.  (Thank you, Larry '72, for your work on that!)

Take a look at flying out of Syracuse.  There's one non-stop to Minneapolis and a bunch of connections.  Or Binghamton via Detroit.  They're not cheap flights, but they exist.  Elmira is just as pricey as Ithaca.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Unfortunately, I don't think it's the starting point that's pushing up the fares, it the destination.  Getting out of MSP is no challenge (imagine that), and getting there on Wednesday is not that bad, but flights arriving in MSP in time for the tournament are just plain booked up.  

[abmarks]

After playing on ATA's site, its through the nose to fly on Sat/Sun, but per Jeff's post above, if you can take the 6am on Friday and return on Monday you are back around $300.

Minny is also a northwest hub, so if you aren't in a heavily northwest-gated city, you'll have higher fares too

[Jordan 04]

Anybody know what the ticket/scalping/USCHO sales situation might be like this week?

With only 9,000 seats and Minnesota in the regional, I'm thinking tickets may be harder to come by than transportation, no?

[Lilsilver96]

::cry:: i'm really bumbed that there are no more tickets.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I spoke to a UND fan who was selling two on USCHO.  His experience from previous regionals at Mariucci, was that there'd be plenty of seats available on the street for all games.  Of course once somebody loses on Saturday, there should be even more.

That's why I took the risk and bought the plane ticket without a seat.  That said, I'll be working hard to get a confirmed game ticket before I leave.

[Chris 02]

Here's some info on game tickets:

http://www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=10484&sport_id=mhock

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

That is exceptionally good news.

You'd have to imagine that there wouldn't be a large demand for standing room for our game from the locals, nor will there be many butts in the seats

[jkahn]

I'll be calling the Cornell box office early tomorrow morning, but since they may be handling walk up traffic before phone calls, is there anyone heading there early tomorrow morning who could pick up 2 sets for me? I've just booked my flights, so now I really need tickets. Private message me if you can help and we'll figure out how to coordinate by telephone. Thanks.

[Ack]

Is anyone else crazy enough to make the drive from (or through) Ithaca to Minneapolis?