"And now for something completely different: Total insanity on fares and still more evidence that airlines are clueless about the true nature of business travel.

First, two tales from the fare front.

I'm off to Chicago this weekend to attend a wedding. Even though I was inexplicably lazy and waited until last week to book, I found a $182 roundtrip non-stop to O'Hare from my hometown airport of Stewart International in Newburgh, New York. Coincidentally, a client called this morning and asked if I could do a day trip to Chicago the Monday after next and attend an important presentation. I checked, but the Stewart-O'Hare roundtrip that day is $1,268. At that price, my client said, he'd rather just conference me in on the phone..."

-Joe B.
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