What Is It You Are Paying For With Your Commercial Airline Fare

Published: 25th September 2010
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Commercial airline fares are becoming more and more expensive. When you consider that number of staff provided compared to the passenger numbers you know it can't be that, so it makes you think what are the benefits I get with my airfare?

Certainly you wouldn't mind paying a little bit extra to be treated like a person or for an in-flight meal but that certainly won't be happening. And perhaps you would be willing to pay a little more to bring that bottle of water in your carry on but don't get carried away with yourself. You probably wouldn't even mind throwing the airline staff a few extra dollars to get you through the security checkpoints more quickly but that isn't going to happen either. So the question still remains, why is it that the cost of an airline ticket has gone up over the past several years?

The commercial carriers would be happy if you thought the raise in rates was due to all the extra security efforst but that part is broken out on the ticket, so you can see what that cost is. And the next thing they want you to think is that the rising fuel costs are making an impact but this can't be so because fuel has declined in cost from last year but ticket prices havn't.


And of course you know your fare is not going toward a meal, there's no way a small soda pour and a bag of pretzels can cost a hundred dollars. The movies aren't even really a part of a flight anymore unless it is an extremely long flight. Then the offerings aren't that great, they are usually something that was released quite a while ago so that wouldn't account for a bunch of cost.

No you are not paying for anything that will in anyway enhance your overall flight experience you are very simply paying money to the airlines so they can afford to pay lobbyists to go to the government and buy politicians for their own purposes. So the next time you feel like you are being taken for a ride by the airlines know that you are right and know that Continental Airlines the fourth largest airline spent $385,000 in lobbying costs in just the second quarter alone. It is time to find a better way. Think about how many free meals you could have gotten with that money. Heck, you could have been eating a filet mignon on that flight instead of a bag of peanuts.


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