Airlines Try For Yet Another Fare Increase

I AM SUPPOSED TO FLY TO FLORIDA IN APRIL TO ATTEND MY SONS WEDDING AND SEE MY OTHER SONS BABY FOR THE FIRST TIME. A ROUND TRIP TICKET IS 1064.00. MY HUSBAND IS RETIRED MILITARY AND GETS A RETIREMENT CHECK AND A DISABILITY CHECK PLUS HIS JOB PAYCHECK ARE GOVERNMENT ALSO, SO IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN HE DOESN,T GET PAID AND I WON'T HAVE THE 1064.00 TO GO TO THE WEDDING. I DON'T WANT BUY THE PLANE, JUST SIT IN THIER NO ROOM SEAT!

I agree with Jenny, they should just raise the ticket price and get rid of all those incidental charges, so the public knows what it is paying for a ticket and let them decide if they can afford to fly.

Not into the government over seeing everything. But it's time for a "Price Czar". If a company is ripping the public off not only should there be a hefty fine but the CEO should be sent jail for a year in the general population of said prison. Prices on every thing well be fare and the companies will still make there profits.

I agree with JC. I'm a travel agent. In 1982 I was selling Tampa to New York for $235.00 -That was a DEAL... years later I'm selling it for $138.00 and people were asking is that the cheapest, I said "You can't drive for that". Travel is a business...I have to tell clients politely- travel is a luxury not a necessity.. Clients don't have a savings these days but they take a vacation every year..and complain how much. I can't buy a car what I paid for 20 yrs ago...and yet I'm still selling airline tickets in 2011 for what I sold in 1982...no its not fair how they beat up on the travel industry. If your a teacher then improve your quality of your job, or a nurse...or in a office...but quit trying to think your smarter then the travel industry...it changes daily, hourly... Almost all our perks are gone, they cut from the industry employees instead of making the public pay for its worth.

We do not fly delta airways. Too expensive, surley employees, scabs etc. We choose to only fly on AirTran or Southwest. Always great prices and service.

I hope airfares continue to raise regularly, and I hope they double they carry-on and checked luggage fees! If the public is stupid enough to keep supporting their greed, it is what it is, let them profit.

JC, you must be an airline management.... Buying a seat for a plane is like paying roulette... you never know where the ball will drop.. or in this case the fare! Fares for the same seat can be significant, depending on the whim of the airline industry... No sympathy for the devil here..

Folks, it's time to face reality. When you and everyone else shows up schlepping 50 pounds of bags and carry on junk; on a 150 passenger airplane, that's equivalent to having to carry 50 extra people. Extra weight burns extra fuel. In the good old days before deregulation, airlines charged a fair price that covered that extra cost, the cost of your food and the other goodies. If you had money, you flew. After deregulation, everyone chased the cheapest fares and well...fuel, maintenance,aircraft payments, landing fees...they all went up.

So now you have to pay a fee. If you don't want the fee? Agree to pay a fair price or drive. No one is entitled to an airplane seat.