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FAU Student Government announces trip to Austin

smittysahoot said

Can't have 100 people show up. Need 55 people - 55 names. It's not a chartered flight. It's a commercial flight and they are being treated as regularly ticketed passangers.

SOLD OUT by the way. Mike just told me.

Smitty,

Just wondering but where did they announce this?  To what group on Facebook?  Thanks.
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I saw it on about 4 different Facebook groups. Also it was posted on myFAU and sent out through an FAU e-mail announcement

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I received a text message saying the trip was sold out from one of the trip organizers. I was posting it more out of excitment than out of notifying people it was sold out.

Maybe there is a waiting list? Maybe I recieved inaccurate information?

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And they never announced it was or was not a chartered flight. But from previous experience, I am 99.9% certain they aren't charterting a 100+ passanger plane, or a 50 passanger jet. I looked into both when planning trips and it's too much money for student government to afford.

The trip was announced on Facebook and through MyFAU.

AGAIN, I am no longer a student nor do I live at or near FAU anymore. But I found out the information by being nosey and poking around.

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Its a Delta flight out of FLL.  When i asked what airport it flies into i was told Texas ???

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Student Government should post the fares for Spirit Air and give those students that use that a deal with hotel accommodations.  Id be nice to have ~500 students at the game and that can be achieved if we fill up a couple of spirit flights plus the relatively cheap other companies.

SG if its sold out, its popular, if its popular help provide more space!!!

Maybe we need that 747 with the FAU logo on it afterall.  OwlForce1

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SeminOWL2006 said

Student Government should post the fares for Spirit Air and give those students that use that a deal with hotel accommodations.  Id be nice to have ~500 students at the game and that can be achieved if we fill up a couple of spirit flights plus the relatively cheap other companies.

SG if its sold out, its popular, if its popular help provide more space!!!

Maybe we need that 747 with the FAU logo on it afterall.  OwlForce1

yeah, if you could afford to stay for 5 days its a great deal!  $18 round trip :o
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yah my soon to be cousin went today to put money down and they turned her away.....they really need to setup another trip if the demand is there...
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Even if they get a good rate at the same hotel as where everyone else is staying that would help…Direct people to the right airlines and all that is even better.

UCF has an entire website for away games with varying packages…its time FAU starts to do the same

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I don't know this…but I'm assuming FAU can't afford to subsidize another trip.

The flight they are taking is probably around $200 and they are flying in to Austin.
Hotel room is $160 a night/4 = $40 per person x 3 nights = $120
Game ticket = $65

So without transportation (which SG chartered a bus), and without tailgate or without food, it's already $400 a person.

Spirit does have $8 fares, but you have to pay $20 per bag, $10 per seat and after closer review, the flights into San Antonio are two days before the trip and the flight out is 5 days after game.

But then we can discuss getting an $8 fare one way and $89 another.

Either way….I think we should all be very pleased that FAU SG stepped up and put something together. And while it may be good for them to post additional options for students to look in to, that's basically what we are doing on this forum anyway.

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