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Old Mar 2, 2013, 12:46 am
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chornedsnorkack
 
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Originally Posted by pinniped
We still have the itinerary receipt from a flight from 1977: MCI-FCO R/T. $550 on TWA, via JFK.

That's $2,090 in today's dollars. I'm sure the chicken dinner was spectacular. I mean, people used to rave about airfood being Michelin star-rated cuisine, didn't they?

At the time, I'm sure we thought that was a once-in-a-lifetime trip. Thankfully, it wasn't, and I've flown to Europe numerous times for less than $500 R/T in 2013 dollars. (e.g., $340-370 all in pretty much every winter in the late 90's / early 00's.)
This gives the scale of how much coach has cheapened!

How much would a return trip MCI-JFK-FCO cost now in business class?
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