Originally Posted by whimike

Why do people keep quoting a $100-$200 ticket? The amount charged to my credit card wasn't remotely that low. In the US, at least, it would have been illegal, and considered deceptive, for any agency that sells the ticket we bought to advertise or sell it as being a $100-$200 ticket

$110 was the "base fare", which is irrelevant to the consumer as it isn't the complete price that the consumer pays, and is often just a fraction of what the consumer pays.

As a case in point, I paid $1500 for my tickets.