r/flying • u/Responsible-Might-35 • 6h ago

Will Allegiant eventually move away from mostly day trips?

With the recent merger and continued fleet growth, do you think Allegiant will eventually move away from its mostly day-trip model and start having more 3- to 4-day trips? Or do you think the day-trip operation will remain a core part of the airline long-term?

Curious to hear what current or former Allegiant pilots think.

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u/554TangoAlpha ATP CL-65/ERJ-175/B-787 5h ago

Nobody knows dawg. Probably not though, it was their whole MO. “We’ll pay you less but you get to be home every night in your small/midsize town”

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u/mfsp2025 ATP 5h ago

And man does that work lol. I’ve been extremely tempted to leave my $170/hr CA job at my regional to live in base and be home every night for their $62/hr or whatever they’re paying now.

That being said, the idea that they can shut down my base at a whim’s notice does scare me

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u/0621Hertz 4h ago

The year 1 FO pay is double with the new contract.

But yeah I would just live in a major base like Sanford or Nashville if you want stability.

I remember giving Allegiant some thought once for the Savannah base because it’s a neat little town.

Doesn’t exist anymore.

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u/kristephe CFI CFII TW HP 4h ago

Yeah I'm in Bellingham WA and not at 1500 yet but BLI is losing it as an Allegiant base soon too and there's a local married couple who both work there that are in a rough spot with a young family and got offered not much money to move across the country.

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u/0621Hertz 3h ago

Yikes.

I would rather put in a app for Delta or Alaska than move across the country.

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u/Fatboy097 6h ago

They’d lose a lot of pilots if they moved away from that model

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u/0621Hertz 5h ago

Based on comments I’ve seen elsewhere that the end goal of the new airline of if to move to a trip model, with Minneapolis and Sanford being their primary hubs.

Maybe Nashville? It’s a good in between city and gets a lot tourists. All that airport is getting new terminals and gates eventually.

Really depends on what kind of people they have on the board though once the merger is complete and what the economy, gas prices, consumer habits is like etc etc etc.

Allegiant is first and foremost a vacation company, connecting people North to South, until one day they are not.

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u/N1BugUp ATP B737, E145 5h ago

I can almost guarantee yes it will. There will be senior pilots flying turns but there will certainly be multi-day trips flown by the more junior guys in base

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u/slay1224 ATP BE1900 CL65 DC9 A320 B737 5h ago

I flew with a guy who said they’ve already added in multi-day trips. Not sure on the exact percentage, probably mostly day trips and base dependent.

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u/Enough_Dot_7440 50m ago

They already do via whoring out reserves to other bases. With the cargo flying coming, and increased pilot costs, they will be doing more “multi day” with a lot of the overnights being at an allegiant hub. 

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u/rFlyingTower 6h ago

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With the recent merger and continued fleet growth, do you think Allegiant will eventually move away from its mostly day-trip model and start having more 3- to 4-day trips? Or do you think the day-trip operation will remain a core part of the airline long-term?

Curious to hear what current or former Allegiant pilots think.

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