I have been flying DTW-PWM about once a month for the past five years. In the past year, the fares have been around $300-$330. Since January, the minimum fare has jumped to about $439 - and often $700-$800 (!).

I just noticed in the fare rules posted at Travelocity that there is a $60 fuel surcharge per segment. At $120 per RT flight, this pretty much explains the increased costs.

With no competition on direct flights from DTW to PWM, NWA can pretty much charge what they want.

I know it would be cheaper to fly to MHT, but since I take a 6AM return flight out of PWM, the extra 90-120 minutes to MHT would be a killer - no point to going to sleep at that point...

Know the fuel prices are killing the airlines, but I don't know how people can afford this...

Is everyone seeing this type of price increase on their flights?