A stupid ? about booking on line.
 

I'm looking at the Airtran web site for a flight. It lists the dep and arr cities nest to the time and price etc. - as if it is a direct flight. How do I know for sure that it is a direct flight? (yeah, I tried calling...)

I think if there is a connection it SHOWS the connection.

For example, as a test, I put in Akron/Canton to Atlanta, which (since I've flown it so much!) I know is direct. No connections shown there, and I know there are none. Then, I put in a route that I KNOW has a connection (Akron/Canton to Gulfport/Biloxi) - it then shows the connection city and the connection times.

I would say if it shows no connection, there is no connection. If you are flying to/from Atlanta, it is almost certainly direct; I think there are a few other point-to-points it does as well (Akron/Canton to one of the New York area airports is direct, for example.)

A direct flight is probably not what you want. You probably want a nonstop.

"Direct" means that there is no change of planes, but the plane does stop somewhere along the way.

I've noticed on websites that sometimes they don't give you all the information until you click further. Once you choose the flights and are about to pay, they have to be more specific about the details and the next screen will tell you if it is a "O" stops flight or a 1-stop or a connection.

Thanks everybody!

Just a small point. They usually show the total flight time. This should make it obvious if a two hour flight is a five hour flight, you are not going from point A directly to point B.