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The end of cheap airfare

anniea
anniea
Feb 22, 2013
7:28am
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I dont care how uncomfortable Spirit air is....they have a sale right now MSP to Vegas, Vegas to MSP $19.95!!! No kidding.
Take the boarding pass to the D and get $50??? IS that still going on? I had to book.
alexlifeson
alexlifeson
Feb 22, 2013
7:36am
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Originally posted by: Benue183
But I still see sales posted for Jet Blue and Southwest. I once flew from Boston to Vegas for $115 each. Now the cheapest fare is over $300.

It just keeps people from visiting so often. Maybe the casinos can offer an incentive - like 1/2 your airfare back in casino comps???


Southwest has some days in March with flights from Boston to LV for $119 and return flights for $126 (one day is $119).
Joe K
Joe K
Feb 23, 2013
3:51am
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It cost my travel mate $550 for a two stop trip that has us going first to Memphis for two days, then Vegas for three (starting in Detroit)
billryan
billryan
Feb 23, 2013
5:52am
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airfare today is still cheap when you compare it to the 1960s and 1970s. A RT between NYC and Rochester in 1978 was $300, today it can be had for well under $200.
In 1982, I commuted between NYC and Florida every month or so and was happy if I could keep airfare under $200 RT. Its thirty years later and I can still find RT airfares in the same price range.
In 1986 I flew to Ireland and it was $411 RT. Next month my RT is $536. That doesn't even keep up with inflation.

alexlifeson
alexlifeson
Feb 23, 2013
11:25am
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Originally posted by: billryan
airfare today is still cheap when you compare it to the 1960s and 1970s. A RT between NYC and Rochester in 1978 was $300, today it can be had for well under $200.
In 1982, I commuted between NYC and Florida every month or so and was happy if I could keep airfare under $200 RT. Its thirty years later and I can still find RT airfares in the same price range.
In 1986 I flew to Ireland and it was $411 RT. Next month my RT is $536. That doesn't even keep up with inflation.


That's a good point. It's pretty reasonable when measured against inflation. Movie tickets aren't too bad either using inflation as a measurement tool. I wish that concert tickets and sporting events followed inflation. I was going through some old boxes and I found a concert ticket to a Van Halen show for $8.50 about thirty years ago. I would say it was a mid-level ticket that would cost at least $100 - $120 today.

Joe K
Joe K
Feb 23, 2013
11:43am
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Originally posted by: alexlifeson
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Originally posted by: billryan
airfare today is still cheap when you compare it to the 1960s and 1970s. A RT between NYC and Rochester in 1978 was $300, today it can be had for well under $200.
In 1982, I commuted between NYC and Florida every month or so and was happy if I could keep airfare under $200 RT. Its thirty years later and I can still find RT airfares in the same price range.
In 1986 I flew to Ireland and it was $411 RT. Next month my RT is $536. That doesn't even keep up with inflation.


That's a good point. It's pretty reasonable when measured against inflation. Movie tickets aren't too bad either using inflation as a measurement tool. I wish that concert tickets and sporting events followed inflation. I was going through some old boxes and I found a concert ticket to a Van Halen show for $8.50 about thirty years ago. I would say it was a mid-level ticket that would cost at least $100 - $120 today.


I saw the GnR Metallica tour in 1992 for less then $40. No way a tour of that caliber would be near that cheap now.

Good ole greed, gotta love it
billryan
billryan
Feb 23, 2013
12:51pm
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I recently came across a ticket stub from a Giants- Eagles game from October 1979.
Ticket price was $12. That same ticket today is $650. Even the much worse seats we were forced to switch to when we refused to pay $50,000 a seat for a PSL cost $140 a game.
drmilled
drmilled
Feb 23, 2013
8:42pm
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When the Beatles came to Houston in 1965, I went and the tickets were $6 each. Think about that.
alexlifeson
alexlifeson
Feb 24, 2013
2:52am
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Originally posted by: drmilled
When the Beatles came to Houston in 1965, I went and the tickets were $6 each. Think about that.


Wow! If the group was intact today then I can only estimate what ticket prices would be ....... $400 minimum?
jatki
jatki
Feb 24, 2013
11:16pm
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Originally posted by: billryan
I recently came across a ticket stub from a Giants- Eagles game from October 1979.
Ticket price was $12. That same ticket today is $650. Even the much worse seats we were forced to switch to when we refused to pay $50,000 a seat for a PSL cost $140 a game.


so grand! WOW, I remember when PSL's first came out ,I knew they weren't cheap, had no idea they were that much. That's pretty outrageous.

J

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