Originally Posted by Hoc
Yet, I would bet that if you inflation-adjust the 1936 fares, they were probably double, or even triple, what we pay today for the same flights.
Using
this site indicates that meals costing $0.75 to $1.25 in 1936 would have cost $10.21 to $17.02 in 2004 dollars.
Apparently the quality was higher back then.