re: How much do you typically pay for airline tickets?

I'll say it like i say in every airline thread:

It's clearly apparent that airlines are colluding to keep prices high. That's what happens when you only have 4 major carriers and the same investors in most of them.

I fly Trans Ozark. Very cheap plus each passenger gets his own spittoon. LINK

Flying nonstop between two hubs, between a major hub and a fortress hub, and even as O-D traffic from a hub is always expensive.

MEM-ATL or DTW-ATL is historically more painful than, say, BTR to PIT via ATL or MSY to OKC via DFW....both of which usually run about $300-$350 round trip.

Usually one specific airline controls the bulk of the traffic (and gates) in hubs, so they setup a sellers market. For passengers flying into and out of places like Little Rock, New Orleans, Knoxville, Austin, or Baton Rouge, the airlines have to compete for hub traffic so the tickets are more reasonable than flying into or out of a place like ATL, which is basically owned by Delta. I find that direct flights into and out of DFW are sometimes reasonable....and I suspect it's because Southwest has a competing hub in the same metro.

It's often cheaper to fly through Atlanta and make a connecting flight to another place entirely than to have a direct flight into Atlanta.

I flew round trip to Denver this past saturday for $63 out of Houston.

ETA: It was a special deal and it really spoiled me. I want to go back, but can't find anything cheaper than $196 round trip.

It cost one extra day of vacation to drive and we save $800-$900.

$700 on average rt per person but I fly first class.

My last like 4 flights have all been 200 or less round trip. i usually fly by myself though which always seems to be way cheaper than booking for a whole family.

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How much do you typically pay for airline tickets?

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The answer is somewhat dependent on where I'm departing and where I'm going.....