Galley Gossip: The problem with "soaring" ticket prices

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I agree. I think back to when I was a starving grad student 20 years ago, and contemplating round-trip cross-country air tickets to visit my family. I would pounce if the fare got anywhere near $200. I still fly the same airline, and the service has not changed all that much (okay, we used to have meals in coach but really, they were not very good!), and a "cheap" cross-country ticket is still $225-$250.

It now costs almost $50 in gas for us to drive our car 4 hours to our weekend home in a neighboring state. For 4-5x that cost I could go to the other coast, not have to drive, and sleep, watch a movie, have a DRINK (cranberry juice or tomato juice) or read a book during that time. Air travel is still cheap, especially considering how much fuel costs.

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