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Travel Information Airport Information Athletes traveling by air to the Indoor Championships will find it most convenient to fly into Logan International Airport. Logan is approximately 20 minutes from downtown Boston. Airline Discounts USA Track & Field has negotiated airline discounts for the 2004 Indoor Track & Field Championships on US Airways and United Airlines. Contact the airlines directly to get these discounts. US Airways: Call 877-874-7687 and ask for the Gold File number 29622892. Discounts: 7% off lowest applicable fare including first class, or 12% off full-fare with a 7-day advance. An additional 5% discount will be awarded for travel booked 60 days prior to travel. Applicable travel dates are February 23 - March 8, 2004. United Airlines: Call 800-521-4041 and ask for Meeting ID code 522AB. Discounts: 5% off lowest applicable fare including first class, or 10% off full-fare with a 7-day advance. An additional 5% discount will be awarded for travel booked 30 days prior to the travel. Applicable travel dates are February 23 - March 10, 2004. Airport Shuttles Back Bay Hotel Shuttle/Back Bay Coach: USA Track & Field and the Massachusetts Sports Commission have arranged for a special discounted rate of $8 (one way) on travel from Logan International Airport to the Marriott Copley Place and the Best Western Inn at Longwood on Back Bay Coach. The Back Bay Coach shuttles run continuously all day directly outside the baggage claim areas at each terminal. Call 617-746-9909 if a shuttle is not present and one will be dispatched to your terminal. Please let the driver know that you are a member of the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships group to receive the special discounted rate. The vans are dark grey with Back Bay Coach written on their sides. Event Shuttle USATF will operate an event shuttle from the Boston Marriott Copley Place and the Best Western Inn at Longwood only. You must have a credential to access it. Shuttle schedules will be available at packet pick-up. MBTA Subway Service The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, known as the T, provides excellent direct service to just about anywhere in the Metropolitan Boston Area. The four main lines, Blue, Green, Red and Orange, all operate throughout the downtown area. A combination of bus and train service is required for travel from Logan International Airport to the downtown hotels. For schedules and maps go to www.mbta.com. Fare is $1.00 per ride. Car Rental Avis ............................................................... 800-831-2847 Amtrak Service Boston can be reached by train from a number of cities in the United States. Amtraks Back Bay Station is one block from the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Athletes staying at the Best Western Inn at Longwood need only take a short taxi ride from the Back Bay Station to their hotel. For more information on train travel visit www.amtrak.com. Vaulting Poles Transportation of vaulting poles from the airport to the hotel will be the athletes responsibility. Vaulting poles may be transported from the Marriott Copley Place and the Best Western Longwood Inn hotels to the Reggie Lewis Center on the event shuttle. Directions to the Reggie Lewis Center Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center From Southeast Expressway: Southeast Expressway to MA Ave./Roxbury. Exit - straight off ramp - through lights (MA Ave.) on to Melna Cass Boulevard. Follow to the end and make left onto Tremont Street, Reggie Lewis Center located 1/4 mile on left. South of Boston: Route 93 North to Southeast Expressway - follow directions above. North of Boston: Route 93 South/Route 1 to Southeast Expressway - follow directions above. West of Boston: MA Pike east to last exit (Southeast Expressway) - follow directions above.
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