• Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And did you also know that those old timey flights included check through baggage, actual food, rules regarding getting passengers to their destinations and a host of other amenities and important regulations that were thrown in the trash because we trusted corporations to NOT create a plane that requires you to stand up for an entire flight (an actual concept that was considered). And you know how when you search for a flight a few times, the price keeps going up? Conspicuously lacking back then along with paying extra for a seat with a window only to be told an actual window isn’t guaranteed. Yeah, there was no Internet, but it’s still true.

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            4 months ago

            Yeah, I don’t believe you. I priced flying first class to Germany from Florida and it was $3000 one way. That’s not an option for me. I doubt seriously that air travel was that expensive. I did travel with my parents as a kid and I don’t think we spent an equivalent of $6000 per person for a round trip. That’s not something they would have done.

            The airlines continuously take things away and then act like it’s such a great deal if they give one back as a perk. They can go fuck themselves and if you think it’s so great you can do the same.