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Old Sep 21, 2016, 6:32 am
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Question read both articles and learn why?

Originally Posted by ForestTree
International is sometimes cheaper than the US but within North America is usually more expensive.
The statistics in the article confirm this.

The companion article (also from HF) reveals one of the major reasons i.e. Canadians pay higher air travel taxes than residents of other countries:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/07..._10998670.html

Why doesn't this issue get more traction? Canadians pay "low cost" WS far more to fly YOW-TPA than it costs to fly from Ogdensburg - 60 miles away?
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