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Old 04-06-2010, 01:32 PM   #4
sterlingice
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Originally Posted by gstelmack View Post
It's like the airlines don't want anyone to actually fly anymore...

At the end of the day, if you think about it, flying is still ridiculously cheap. Oil costs can really change things in a hurry but planes cost a lot as do pilots and crew. But somehow, I can get a flight from Richmond to Atlanta and back for $150 right now. Or, hell, our roundtrip flight in January to Bogota, Colombia from DC cost $270 (+$100 in taxes that the airlines don't get).

In most cases, it's cheaper to fly now than in the 70s and that doesn't adjust for inflation ($100 in 1975 is worth almost $400 today, FYI).

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