If the details of trip planning start to bog you down, you may begin to suspect that the longest distance between two points is a straight line. You don’t have to feel that way. In this chapter, I give you all the information you need to make the decisions that are right for you.
Flying to Boston
Logan International Airport (% 800-23-LOGAN; www.massport.com/ logan; airport code: BOS) serves Boston and is the primary air gateway to New England. In the popular “hub-and-spoke” airline model, Boston is typically a spoke — a destination, not a transfer point. No major airlines make their headquarters here.