Allegiant adds 24 new routes, including a return to Palm Beach, Florida, and Fort Collins, Colorado

[RNCollins]

Allegiant adds 24 new routes, including a return to Palm Beach, Florida, and Fort Collins, Colorado
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...ins-colorado-sarasota-punta-gorda/1985320001/

By Dawn Gilbertson / Travel / USA TODAY / usatoday.com / Aug. 13, 2019

“Allegiant Air is gearing up for the busy winter travel season with 24 new nonstop routes that will take travelers from smaller cities to popular warm-weather destinations.

The Las Vegas-based budget airline's latest expansion includes a return to two cities it previously served: Palm Beach, Florida, and Fort Collins, Colorado. Allegiant hasn't served Fort Collins since 2012 and Palm Beach since 2016.

The new flights, which can be booked on the airline's website, will generally be offered twice a week. Some flights are seasonal, others will operate year round. Don't expect the introductory fares to be available for travel around Thanksgiving, Christmas or other peak travel periods.

Allegiant, like fellow discounters Spirit and Frontier, charges low base fares plus fees for "extras,'' including a seat assignment, carry-on or checked bag, in-flight drinks and food and more....”

An MD-83 Allegiant Aircraft taking off from McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada
Photo By Eliyahu Yosef Parypa/shutterstock

 

[simpsontruckdriver]

From February - May, I worked Lyft in Orlando. I frequently started my day picking up tourists at Sanford (SFB), and their primary airline is Allegiant. I mean, if they have 50 flights, 48 are Allegiant. And yes, both Uber and Lyft will gladly take people to the theme park/Kissimmee area. Their selection of rental cars is slim, though. Two times, I took tourists to either Orlando Airport (MCO) or a rental car location near there.

So, for some, flying into Sanford can be cheaper than MCO.

TS