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Feb 26, 2010 | 10:30 am

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Originally Posted by mattm00se

I really hope that people teetering on the threshold of flying ex-BUF weren't pushed over that threshold by $4.37.

I'm sure you've heard the expression "the straw that broke the camels back"? All you need to do is price out a fare out of BUF to any point in the lower 48. Chances are:

1) The fare itself will be lower;
2) The taxes/fees/surcharges will be WAY lower; and
3) Parking at BUF is far cheaper.

Just another nail in the coffin - especially for the leisure traveller who lives in the west end of the GTA who's not flying off of someone else's dime.

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