I used to fly mostly out of Seattle and mainly to places on the west
coast. However, I have been to Florida and Hawaii quite a few times
over the past 20 or so years. I haven't noticed prices changing that
drastically. With the exception of flying first class to Hawaii this
last time. No 6 hours on the plane sitting on a stool for me.
Exaggeration, but close enough. I'm also an airline flight prices
junkie. I hit cheaptickets.com daily. And prices can be deceptive
nowadays. Horizon air (owned by Alaska air) now charges at check in
for even the first bag checked. Kind of irritating if you didn't show
up prepared to pay it. Which I noticed this last trip to San Diego
that several kids had.
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On Sep 11, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
Actually, I am a liberal concerning airline deregulation. It opened
inexpensive air travel to the masses. Competition brought us Peoples
Express (remember them?) and then SW and Jet Blue. Granted, flying
in coach today is much like taking the bus as far as amenities. I
remember flying before 1978. A round trip to the coast was over
$1000, and that was in 1970s dollars. And it was for the elite and
businessmen primarily. Today you can go to the coast with Jet Blue
for $500.
I will grant you that some regulations may be needed to solve the
horrors of 8 hour waits on the runway.
Jeff Miles wrote:
I don't question who did it. While I sound like a liberal most
of the time, I blame the democrats as much as the conservatives
most of the time. Stupid ideas see no political bias.
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry,
the wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic
Congress.
See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.
t.piwowar wrote:
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was
as affordable as it is today.
Very true,except that today we have more information about fares.
You only get less for your $ today.
Today they can abuse their customers with impunity. They can
leave you sitting in a plane with overflowing toilets for 12
hours and laugh about it. Back when I was a kid I recall calling
the NY office of the CAB several times about abusive airline
practices. I still smile as I recall they guys there with their
thick Brooklyn accents giving me tactical advice and regulations
to cite. It was magical. When I would get to the airline counter
and they would try to screw me once again I would mutter a few
rule numbers and "screw you" became "yes sir, we can book you
with another airline and we'll pay the difference." Those were
the days. Then the wingnuts wrecked the government and now tell
us how ineffective it is.
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