Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Now It's Personal


I used to fly to Eugene roundtrip for about $200. Not a bad price and the schedule was great. Leave mid morning, return late afternoon. This past year, the price increased and I paid about $340 but still had a great schedule.

I just checked rates to fly home in October and guess what? For $813 and a schedule determined by U.S. Airways, I can go to Eugene.

So I suppose I'll fly into Portland and rent a car so that I don't have to bother my parents to drive back and forth. The airfare will be around the same as what I used to pay to Eugene but with an additional $250 for the rental car.

I don't get it. No one is going to pay $800 to fly to Eugene so won't all the seats be empty? Won't they have to cancel flights? Maybe that's the plan.

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