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Flying in Style

Mr. Widget

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If you are like me you probably mostly fly commercially in coach. These days it feels more like steerage.

Well, there was a time, way back in the 70s before airline deregulation and cut throat pricing where the airlines tried to woo their customers by offering perks instead of charging for stale sandwiches. Here is a picture of a lounge aboard an American Airlines 747 that was located in Coach! They had even nicer amenities up front!

Yes flying was costlier then, but it was something you looked forward to instead of dreading it like a trip to the dentist.

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RayDunzl

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I wonder what ticket prices would be today if deregulation in the US had not occurred.
 
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