Plane ticket costs are pissing me off. There has got to be a better way.
ONE. If Government wants to funnel money at airlines. Why not funnel them fuel instead. IE give them something which cannot go up in CEO bonuses etc. But instead something which can go directly to reducing the cost of operating craft and keeping plane ticket prices stable.
Two. In this day and age of open ended flight schedules the old pratice of absurd one way ticket costs needs to be scrapped. There is no other industry of travel in which one way tickets are more expensive than round trip travel. The time has come for Airlines to give up this absurdity. Round trip tickets most certainly represent a profitable seat cost for a trip. Thus there is NO reason a one way ticket should be more than half the cost of a Round Trip.
Three. Ticket prices need to be clearly stated. A ticket should not be listed at one price and the price you pay be another. Fuel/security/misc surcharges should be banned from sales practices of air fares. The Ticket price is the ticket price.
Four. Last minute plane tickets should not be highway robbery. Advanced ticket purchases should be due to needing to be sure you have a seat available. Tickets purchased last minute should cost the same as advance booking.
I am sure there are more. but that is what came to mind after todays frustrations buying a plane ticket. Today I faced a real absurdity. What was it ? I could purchase two international round trip tickets for the cost of one, one way ticket.
Let me state that another way. It was cheaper to buy tickets enabling ~16,000 miles or so worth of traveling (~8000 round trip for two people) than to buy a ticket enabling ~4000 miles (one leg for one person). 16,000 miles of travel cheaper than 4,000.
That is WRONG.
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