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Plane Crazy: American Airlines starts a trend: Higher airfares
Posted by: TimothyT on: 12/16/2010 02:05 PM in Aviation [ Print ]
American Airlines raised domestic airfares at the first of the week by $5 one way for flights over 500 miles ($10 round trip) and $3 one way for shorter flights ($6 round trip) across the bulk of its route system, according to FareCompare.com, which monitors prices.
Most of its competitors including Continental, Delta, United, US Airways, Virgin America, Alaska, Frontier and Southwest have matched it.
The match "virtually guarantee(s) this to be one of the few successful hike attempts this year," says Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com.
Plane Crazy: American Airlines starts a trend: Higher airfares
Most of its competitors including Continental, Delta, United, US Airways, Virgin America, Alaska, Frontier and Southwest have matched it.
The match "virtually guarantee(s) this to be one of the few successful hike attempts this year," says Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com.
Plane Crazy: American Airlines starts a trend: Higher airfares
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