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The Pros and Cons of Using a Positioning Flight

I’m fortunate to live within 15 minutes of Nashville International Airport (BNA). It is a mid-sized airport with excellent domestic connectivity. Unfortunately, the inclusion of “international” in the airport’s name is a bit of hyperbole. At the moment, we only have regular direct international connections to Cancun and London. For any other international destination we have to accept at least one domestic transfer. To make matters worse, those tickets tend to be priced substantially higher than flights from major international hubs. Midsize airports just don’t have enough competition to incite an airline fare war. Sites like The Flight Deal and Scott’s Cheap Flights often list amazing deals from hubs like Chicago, New York, or Los Angeles. Yet it is rare to see an international sale out of midsize airports like Nashville.

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