Help Me Get To Auburn

[pieces of eight]

I'm going to a football game there in mid-October. I'm debating whether to fly or drive.

Anybody that travels there frequently have good options?

TIA.

[DRC]

Re: Help Me Get To Auburn

I have traveled there exactly once and I can tell you that Auburn, Alabama is exactly 11.5 miles from Bumfuck, Nowhere.

Hope that helps.

[randysavage]

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I'd drive. Nothing beats the open road.

[SnackMantis]

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My parents lived there for three years. It's a really long drive to KC. If you fly, you'll fly to Atlanta and drive from there. It's about 1.5-2 hours from Atlanta, although you'll go through a time change so you have to add or subtract an hour to get there. I would definitely fly.

PS Have fun. I get hated on for this on the Phog but I love going to SEC football games.

[qwertyu123]

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[quote author=SnackMantis link=topic=407.msg4068#msg4068 date=1281804272]
My parents lived there for three years. It's a really long drive to KC. If you fly, you'll fly to Atlanta and drive from there. It's about 1.5-2 hours from Atlanta, although you'll go through a time change so you have to add or subtract an hour to get there. I would definitely fly.

PS Have fun. I get hated on for this on the Phog but I love going to SEC football games.
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Why did you get hated on?

[chum1]

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Drive a U-Haul with all of your shit in it. Maybe this is your chance to get the fuck out of Kansas.

[pieces of eight]

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[quote author=SnackMantis link=topic=407.msg4068#msg4068 date=1281804272]
My parents lived there for three years. It's a really long drive to KC. If you fly, you'll fly to Atlanta and drive from there. It's about 1.5-2 hours from Atlanta, although you'll go through a time change so you have to add or subtract an hour to get there. I would definitely fly.

PS Have fun. I get hated on for this on the Phog but I love going to SEC football games.
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I saw a few flights that take me through Memphis, Atlanta, and DFW. I know DFW is awful...how much worse (or better) is Atlanta?

[SnackMantis]

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What would you be going 'through' Atlanta to?

Atlanta's airport is huge, extremely crowded and one of the world's busiest. I've never had a problem going through there except for when I had a layover. I don't think security is that bad, it at least never was when my parents lived there (2004-2007). But it's your best option if you're going to get to Auburn by flight.

[pieces of eight]

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[quote author=SnackMantis link=topic=407.msg4163#msg4163 date=1281827458]
What would you be going 'through' Atlanta to?
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Birmingham(?), I guess.

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

[SnackMantis]

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[quote author=SnackMantis link=topic=407.msg4163#msg4163 date=1281827458]
What would you be going 'through' Atlanta to?
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Birmingham(?), I guess.

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.
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Birmingham is close to the same distance as the Atlanta airport. It'd be easier to just stop in Atlanta rather than connect and get to Birmingham.

[pieces of eight]

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[quote author=SnackMantis link=topic=407.msg4180#msg4180 date=1281828399]

Birmingham is close to the same distance as the Atlanta airport. It'd be easier to just stop in Atlanta rather than connect and get to Birmingham.
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Ah, got you, had a brain fart there. I'll rent a car and take 85 and get there in a couple of hours.

Nice to have a direct flight anyway.