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Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:08 am to Trevaylin
quote:I only fly a few times a year now but this pisses me off every time I do. The normal population use to fly to be made to feel special. Today I reflect on that while I'm bagging my own groceries.
Last year flew first class United fro Houston to Costa Rico. Service was very similar to coach in 1980
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:03 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I’d bet First Class hasn’t really moved too much relative to inflation.
And you'd be wrong. So tired of people talking about how great airline travel was back in the day. They never tell you it was expensive as shite and the average person wouldn't fly at all. Yes, it was nice but it was also ten times more expensive than it is now.
Yes, it's a cattle car experience because that's what Americans do- we demand the absolutely cheapest price in every aspect, then bitch when the overall product diminishes when those cost cutting measures are enacted.
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the average flight from L.A. to Boston in 1941 was worth $4,539.24 per person in today’s money, and it would have taken 15 hours and 15 minutes with 12 stops along the way. By comparison, a nonstop flight in 2015 would cost $480.89 and take only six hours.
But we don’t need to go all the way back to the 1940s to see how cheap airfare has become.
Part of the reason flying was so exclusive and relatively luxurious in the '40s, '50s, and '60s was that it was very expensive. Until the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, airlines were considered a public utility and airfares were set by the federal government, which ensured airlines always made more than enough money.
Even after deregulation, a basic domestic round-trip airfare in 1979 averaged $615.82 in today's money. That average fare dropped to $344.22 by 2016.
Today airline travel is affordable at almost every level of society. 50 years ago, it was only accessible by the upper middle class. Then before this, only the very wealthy had a chance at flying a few times in a lifetime. For 95% of this board, your arse would have been on a Greyhound bus.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 4:59 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:30 pm to Napoleon
Seagrass in Holbox is bad this year from the fricking inferno summer we had last year, but only some parts of the island have it. So overall, you’re good there.
Holbox is amazing and I think once I post my trip report, you’ll be booking your trip soon after
Holbox is amazing and I think once I post my trip report, you’ll be booking your trip soon after
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:59 pm to RedRifle
1988 or so I was flying home on leave from England to California (back when the state was somewhat normal).
I was one of SIX passengers on a Boeing 747.
I had a whole middle row to myself. Smoking and eating/drinking/sleeping for 13 hours. The good ol days, except no inflight movies at that time.
That was the closest to First Class I ever got.
I was one of SIX passengers on a Boeing 747.
I had a whole middle row to myself. Smoking and eating/drinking/sleeping for 13 hours. The good ol days, except no inflight movies at that time.
That was the closest to First Class I ever got.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:56 pm to guzziguy
That's a lotta booze for two people. That dude is gonna get creepy with the stewardess after three bottles of white
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