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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 11:00 am
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Souvlaki
 
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Originally Posted by MikeSD
The new fare is $1400. My ticket cost $800. I had to come up with $600 per ticket. I have 4 booked seats meaning it would cost me $2400 to change our plans.

So, I allowed this might just be with this single flight. Before the disaster, it was very easy to find flights on Delta to Japan (Osaka) for under $1000. Easy.
Complete explanation starts here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

Perhaps you would prefer gov't-mandated supply management? But before you pull that trigger, ask yourself why milk costs 3 times as much in White Rock, BC as it does in Blaine, WA.

Or don't and keep raging.
Last edited by Souvlaki; Mar 17, 2011 at 4:50 pm Reason: typo
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