What is the cheapest route from BWI to IAD?
My flight into and out of Chicago has been cancelled due to weather. So I had to change going into BWI/Baltimore and I have to find the cheapest route to IAD/Dulles. I have a flight going out of Dulles the next day to Africa at 11 am. Can some one please help?
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The cheapest way to make this connection is to use public transit, which will cost you about $17. This can be done using the following steps: 1) At BWI, board the B30 WMATA bus that runs between the airport and the Greenbelt Metro stop -- the schedule for the bus is located at the first link below. This bus runs every 30 to 40 minutes, and costs $6 per person one-way. 2) At Greenbelt, board the Green Metro line towards Branch Avenue -- this is the only direction it goes from this station, as Greenbelt is the end of the Green line. You'll want to transfer to the Orange Line at L'Enfant Plaza -- specifically boarding the Orange Line towards Vienna/Fairfax--GMU -- and get off at the Rosslyn stop. (The cost for the Metro will depend on the time of the day, but it will not exceed $5.05.) 3) At Rosslyn, board the 5A bus to Dulles -- the schedule for this bus is located at the second link below. Like the B30 bus, the 5A bus runs every 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the day and the time of day, and also costs $6 each way. I'd note that the schedules for the buses are not 24 hours -- if you need to get from BWI into Washington really early or really late, you'll need to consider taking Amtrak or a MARC train from BWI Airport to Washington Union Station -- MARC has a train as early as 5am that runs to Union Station, and Amtrak has trains running as late as midnight -- but those may cost more (Amtrak costs $14, though MARC is only $6). The drawback to MARC, though, is that it only runs Monday through Friday -- so if you're looking to do this on a Saturday, then it isn't an option for you. The last option you can consider is the Washington Flyer bus, which runs nonstop from the West Falls Church Metro line (on the Orange line) to Dulles every 30 minutes, at a cost of $10 one-way. It's a bit more expensive, but it runs more often than the 5A bus, so it may be of use to you if you're trying to make this journey and time is of the essence. You'd still need to follow the options above to get to West Falls Church -- again, though, it's on the Orange line in the same direction as Rosslyn, but about seven stops further down the line.
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Were you not able to get a flight into Reagan National either? That would be closer to IAD than BWI. If you don't want to go through the long process of public trans from BWI to IAD you can always hire a taxi, the fare would run you about $150 though.
