350 miles Airplane, Train, or Bus

[rh71]

The airport blows the most out of anything.

Driving 350 miles isn't fun, but maybe you can make it a road trip with a few stops. I just got back last week from 24 hours of driving over a week. Didn't feel a thing.

 

[Carson Dyle]

What are the two cities we're talking about? If you're trying to get the best rate, you don't often have much (if any) choice of airline.

 

[MrDudeMan]

You know, what you buy him to thank him for his trouble is highly flexible. The case of beer wasn't a vital part of the plan. You realize that, right?

lol, A+

 

[Kazukian]

I like using all 3, my favorite is the train, bring along some electronic toys, iPad, etc, and I'm golden.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Fly, definitely fly.

How is this even a question?

 

[JulesMaximus]

If train is an option I'd probably do that. By the time you factor in pre/post flying bullshit the train might not be any slower.

A 350 mile flight should take about an hour so I'm going to assume he's factoring in all the TSA and travel to the airport bullshit.

 

[ElFenix]

if train service didn't blow in this country i'd take the train over most everything. bigger seats, bar car, see the countryside, etc.

amazed people don't have their luggage stolen all the time on trains, though.

 

[nakedfrog]

Bus

Do you secretly hate him? Or just looking forward to a lulzy thread about his nightmarish experience on the bus?

 

[JulesMaximus]

The airport blows the most out of anything.

Driving 350 miles isn't fun, but maybe you can make it a road trip with a few stops. I just got back last week from 24 hours of driving over a week. Didn't feel a thing.

My wife and I drove 300 miles in some nebulous but comfortable car back in June. 300 miles up to some destination in the middle of the state and 300 miles back 2 days later. The drive up took 7 hours because we took the scenic route. The drive back took about 5.

Anyway, it really depends on the car. If you're driving some little shit box I'd pass on driving.

 

[ElFenix]

^^not humble brag

 

[Thebobo]

Flying can be exhilarating

 

[Exterous]

Considering 4 out of my 4 flights on my trip to Europe were all Delta, and 4 out of 4 flights were delayed, I could in no way recommend someone use Delta..

Oddly enough Delta operated more than 4 flights during that time period so you might want to rely on over all statistics as opposed to individual anecdotes. They've been leading the majors for a while now on on time performance - often by a huge margin considering the volume of flights (Delta had ~875,000 flights in 2015)

On time performance so far this year:
Delta: 86.99%
United: 82.88%
Southwest: 81.42%
AA: 79.92%

2015 stats:
Delta: 86.14%
Southwest: 79.09%
AA: 76.14%
United: 75.43%

In 2014 Delta was sitting at ~84% while the others were in the mid 70s. (Southwest was last at 72.34%)

http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ot_delay/OT_DelayCause1.asp?pn=1

Related side note - Spirit airlines has an on time rating of just 70% for the year so far. If you look at total minutes delayed for flights Delta has 3x as many minutes delayed as Spirit despite having

 

[JulesMaximus]

^^not humble brag

Sorry, I forgot that unwritten rule...

Edited for murkiness.

 

[WiseUp216]

Anything 400 miles or less, I prefer to drive and get a nice rental car.

Flying is OK but I abhor the airport. Even a 1 hour flight still takes up half your day.

I'd rather walk than take a bus.

In your situation, I'd probably take the train if I didn't want to drive.

 

[sdifox]

I would rather drive 350mi than go to the airport

 

[Kaido]

 

[IronWing]

I would rather drive 350mi than go to the airport

Me too, but that wasn't what the OP asked.

 

[dawp]

With those prices, fly. I haven't flown enough recently to gauge the pervasiveness of power plugs.

flew last week on 3 different planes and none had ports, the the airports did have a limited number and the united flight from chicago to charlotte had in flight wifi.

and flying wasn't as bad as it was a few years ago.

 

[sdifox]

Me too, but that wasn't what the OP asked.

WTF this here is ATOT! What OP wants is irrelevant.