Why are airfare prices so high ?

[thekeyman]

i can't believe that airfare prices are as high as they are.Gas prices keep going down and yet the airfare is not.i don't know if im looking too early or what but im not going to pay those prices and also the times i want are not available,....anybody know why this is like this

 

[Gravy]

Keyman,If Im not mistaking the airlines get there fuel on contracts and lock them up so that could be a reason why the airfares are high but like for me going to Vegas from Cleveland its at $500 R/T or higher and I remember it was $175 R/T just 10 years ago.So i feel your pain pal

 

[TheFalls]

I just flew to NOLA r/t for $98.

 

[C.P.]

I have been looking for airfare for months now....CHGO-FT MYERS....been going for 30yrs

The fares are fvckin' unreal...

what was once $69...$99...$129...$169...$199....is now $500...(one way)

same plane same everything....

you should atleast get a blow job w/ your flight ...paying $500

WTF....fvckin' crooks

 

[Objection]

fewer flights + fewer seats + high demand = higher fares

 

[slapshot]

Just drive or get a RV and make it a few different destinations on the trip

 

[G.MONEY]

With some of these airlines buying others and removing competition as well as routes, it all becomes supply and demand, and we as the consumers are the losers once again...

 

[PigskinArmor]

More competition leads to lower prices and less competition leads to more price control from the select few.

 

[Bookie1953]

Consolidation of airlines has led to this. Larger carriers are few now, smaller carriers can't compete or will take a loss on fares.

 

[Willie99]

keep shopping, use to different sites and different airports (if you can, I can choose from like 6)

they're changing all the time. One day Boston is cheaper, the next it's NYC

 

[C.P.]

keep shopping, use to different sites and different airports (if you can, I can choose from like 6)

they're changing all the time. One day Boston is cheaper, the next it's NYC

I've actually looked into driving 2 hours to normal. il.

then flying into Tampa...then driving 2 hours south from there...

I did the math and it's really not worth all the extra bullshit...(rent a car, lose a couple days here and there, hotel stay going back home... etc.)

I've got my car down there already...just take a limo to/from the airport...in Ft Myers...

Just pissed w/ the greed of these people..( I get the whole contract (furture buying of gas) thing)...

still...it's insane and price gouging should NOT be the excepted norm

 

[8ate]

And with fuel prices decreasing; the airlines are set for windfall profits..!!

 

[thekeyman]

Keyman,If Im not mistaking the airlines get there fuel on contracts and lock them up so that could be a reason why the airfares are high but like for me going to Vegas from Cleveland its at $500 R/T or higher and I remember it was $175 R/T just 10 years ago.So i feel your pain pal

yea thats what i mean gravy,here from PA its like 465.00 and thats crazy.

 

[thekeyman]

Just drive or get a RV and make it a few different destinations on the trip

​SLAP,i only go one place twice a year and i know you can figure out where that is,..lol....so all that other stuff is not even considered but thanks

 

[ivyconniver]

fewer flights + fewer seats + high demand = higher fares

This is the correct answer. It has nothing to do with fuel prices. Oil has been stable for years, and all airlines hedge out their fuel costs years in advance.

What happeneed is that many airlines consolidated, meaning reduced flights, less seats, and better pricing power. Flights are averaging 90% full now compared to less than 70% 5+ years ago. Also, airlines are getting smart charging for everything - food is ala carte, bags are extra, exit rows are extra, everything adds to the bottom line.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

This is the correct answer. It has nothing to do with fuel prices. Oil has been stable for years, and all airlines hedge out their fuel costs years in advance.

What happeneed is that many airlines consolidated, meaning reduced flights, less seats, and better pricing power. Flights are averaging 90% full now compared to less than 70% 5+ years ago. Also, airlines are getting smart charging for everything - food is ala carte, bags are extra, exit rows are extra, everything adds to the bottom line.

Objection and ivy conniver are spot on......

 

[EzMoney012]

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I have been looking for airfare for months now....CHGO-FT MYERS....been going for 30yrs

The fares are fvckin' unreal...

what was once $69...$99...$129...$169...$199....is now $500...(one way)

same plane same everything....

you should atleast get a blow job w/ your flight ...paying $500

WTF....fvckin' crooks

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Airfare should be free. Overcharge the Muslims so the whites don't have to pay. Its only fair since they would be the reason a flight doesn't make it.

 

[sean1]

Bottom line is the economy has picked up or at least its picked up for the upper middle class and above and for businesses.

I fly 2-3 times each week and I can tell you its often hard to find a flight, hotels are sold out, and fine dining reservations can be tough. Very different than a few years ago. Try to pick a top 10 restaurant on a Thurs, Fri, or Sat in London, Paris, NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc... Tough during prime times.

 

[doubledeuce22]

Raleigh to vegas is always like 450-500 rt at best.. And that's shitty times.

I remember getting rt from Boston to vegas for like 250.. Sometimes 200.. Those were the days.