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Old Feb 15, 2003 | 9:49 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Gaucho100K:
So, what is your point? We have a market economy here in the USA.... would you prefer the govenmernt fix prices for airline tickets? </font>
No, nothing that silly.

I think the airlines have allowed their premium cabins to become cost prohibitive. That fact is having a bigger impact on profitability than people trading coupons on FT.

Case in point: A "C" class ticket to LHR cost my company about $2800-3200 three years ago. Today it is over $5800. Guess what? My company doesn't fly employees in paid "C" to Europe anymore. Its doubtful that we'll ever go back...


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