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Dec 1, 2012 | 6:57 pm

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Originally Posted by x1achilles

Just a bit more: $99 ea.way SFO-DCA via Miami. Crazy but it was on PanAm before they went down the tubes.

So the answer is "No. The cheapest transcon was with a connection, and it was 125% of what it cost today, at a price that was set by the government."

I guess we can figure out how and why many factors in that equation changed, and why there are no widebodies on U.S. flights today.

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