tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post4372478107522975784..comments2024-02-26T23:31:07.357-07:00Comments on Joe Sharkey.com: Airlines Hike Fares, Weigh Reviving Fuel SurchargesJoesharkey.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113631846708664463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35971466.post-35001420716583597102011-02-02T14:09:03.675-07:002011-02-02T14:09:03.675-07:00This strikes utter fear into my heart. I have been...This strikes utter fear into my heart. I have been paying up to $10,000 a year to go to Japan from Montreal exactly TWICE a year to pick up my young son and fly him to Montreal on his school vacation, which totals about seven weeks per year. Not only that, but the routes are becoming more and more Byzantine: used to be Montreal>Vancouver>Osaka but now only a couple of carriers fly direct from N. America to Osaka. So it becomes YUL>ORD>SEA>KIX, extending everything by about seven hours.<br /><br />For a while I had to go through Tokyo, which I must say is the scariest airport I've ever landed at (once we came in during a typhoon).<br /><br />So it looks like my wallet is just about to get a whole lot lighter, and I don't have to even fly until July, but I'd better get with it in January.<br /><br />My question is, how much did people pay in today's dollars, for say, an economy flight to Japan from N. America, say, in the early 70s? I wonder if it was comparable.<br /><br />But I sure wish Freddie Laker were around today.ChefNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506706291656673082noreply@blogger.com