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brooklynite

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8. Oh, for that golden age of air travel...

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Sun Aug 28, 2022, 07:04 PM

Aug 2022

...when the basic plane ticket price was substantially higher (adjusted for inflation) than it is today.

The sad reality is that, when air fares were deregulated, airlines found that customers responded only to base fare levels, which forced ticket prices down to the lowest common denominator. The only way airlines could recapture revenue was to reduce service and charge for incremental items.

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Oh, for that golden age of air travel... brooklynite Aug 2022 #8

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Do you remember American Airlines' "more legroom in Coach" strategy? brooklynite Aug 2022 #11