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Old Jun 7, 2012, 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by chinatraderjmr
What I still don't understand is how fares from the East coast are not much more then from the West Coast? I just saw a fare yesterday from JFK-HNL thru SFO/LAX of $850

FYI - fuel is one big reason they can charge so much but also the fact they are replacing 777s with 737s must have a lot to do with it as well

There's only a loose correlation between distance and fare. It's the city pairs and competition that really determine the fare.
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