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No_Manufacturer868 Apr 2, 2026 +426

Understandable, but they will also ask for government bailouts when business tanks.

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1haiku4u Apr 2, 2026 +219

Privatize the gains, socialize the losses. Big business 101. Too big to fail.

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ReserveFormal3910 Apr 2, 2026 +18

I hate the socialized loss but this is in direct response to bad governance.

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MercantileReptile Apr 2, 2026 +17

Too bad, f*** 'em. The rest of us gets to deal with the shit the "bad governance" causes. So the Airlines can as well. And every other company.

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HotHits630 Apr 2, 2026 +9

Right?! I don't get any breaks. Never have.

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3rd-party-intervener Apr 2, 2026 +9

Except the airlines wanted orange man. Ed called it a “breath of fresh air”. They need to pay themselves.

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Reddit_Loves_Misinfo Apr 2, 2026 +1

This story is about a Taiwanese airline

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No_Housing_9602 Apr 2, 2026 +1

That’s like saying too fat to die.

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1haiku4u Apr 2, 2026 +2

Google too big to fail. It’s a reference to the subprime mortgage/financial crisis.

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flyingflail Apr 2, 2026 -11

You realize in bailouts shareholders get nothing and the losses are in fact privatized right?

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2kWik Apr 2, 2026 +3

you mean like 2008

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HolyLiaison Apr 2, 2026 +1

Delta might not have to raise their prices much. They bought their own crude oil plant in 2012. But I guess they're one of the more expensive carriers already... 🤷‍♂️

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YellowThirteen_ Apr 2, 2026 +10

They’ll still adjust their surcharge to meet market rates. Big corps will never miss a chance to charge more, especially when they have an easy scapegoat like the current situation.

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HarveysBackupAccount Apr 2, 2026 +2

Delta now charges $25 if you get a "Main Cabin" ticket and want to choose an aisle seat in the front half of the plane. And I'm pretty sure that charge is *per flight*. So if you have a round trip with a layover, that's an extra $100 to make sure you're not in a middle seat and/or at the back of the plane

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nifty1997777 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I stopped using Delta because of their prices.

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froz3nt Apr 2, 2026

Even if they did, oil has global pricing.

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mydaycake Apr 2, 2026 +1

I am so happy I bought transatlantic tickets for this summer 6 weeks ago, f****** unbelievable timing

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flyingthroughspace Apr 3, 2026 +1

While cutting staff and giving the CEOs bonuses

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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 +170

A lot of people won't be taking vacarions!

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 2, 2026 +110

Affects way more than vacations. Think of all the supply chains and goods that are flown around the country and the world. This will push prices of everything up massively.

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007meow Apr 2, 2026 +74

That sounds SUSPICIOUSLY like you’re talking about inflation. I was promised by the very well regarded president that inflation has been totally defeated.

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Successful_Struggle9 Apr 2, 2026 +10

Eggs are 200% off!

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Ognius Apr 2, 2026 +1

Eggs are up 200%

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TheZapster Apr 3, 2026 +2

Heard a guy on TV last night, at about 9pm est, that there was no inflation and the US is the "hottest country in the world right now"

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026 +4

Most stuff is shipped in ships. Air freight is used for higher value stuff, and stuff that has to be shipped fast.

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 2, 2026 +7

Just as well ships fuel isn't made from oil or LNG then?!

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026

They don't run on airline fuel with a 157% surcharge.

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Airline fuel is one thing but just because ships don't run on airline fuel doesn't mean their getting away from the insane oil price rises or LNG shortage. It's hitting the world economy no matter what.

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026 -4

Yes, and why are you commenting this here? The topic here is airplane fuel and I didn't make any claims about other costs.

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 2, 2026 +2

You said most stuff is shipped in ships, so I countered that by saying shipping costs aren't immune from rising fuel costs. I initially made the factual claim that rising airline fuel costs will affect more than just vacations ,it'll also effect supply chains and consumer prices (which it will). It's just a conversation.

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026

You said airline fuel will push up prices of everything.

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 2, 2026 +4

It will. It absolutely will, it'll contribute to rising inflation which will push the prices of everything up.

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rlbond86 Apr 2, 2026 +18

I never take vacarions

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Someguy2189 Apr 2, 2026 +6

You're missing out. Nothing better than a nice relaxing vacarion!

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sleepymoose88 Apr 2, 2026 +2

You could always walk. Our vacation to Tampa, FL this year will only take 16.5 days of walking. Each way.

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FlexFanatic Apr 2, 2026 +4

No worries, I’ll just drive instead of fly…. Oh wait that won’t work either /s

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Common-Swing-4347 Apr 2, 2026 +2

We are not flying this year because of prices.

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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Driving instead?

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Common-Swing-4347 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Somewhere closer and not as extravagant and not as long because of costs. Driving yes.

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nutmac Apr 2, 2026 +1

It’s a Game of Thrones theme vacation that ends with yelling Vacary to a dragon.

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OkAstronaut4911 Apr 2, 2026 -8

You don’t need to fly somewhere to take a vacation?!

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teaisformugs82 Apr 2, 2026 +72

You also don't need to fly to be affected by the price hikes unfortunately.

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HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS Apr 2, 2026 +3

If you buy basically anything at all, you will be affected by this. The world runs on diesel, and damn near every single product is manufactured or shipped by utilizing diesel at some point

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MrTortilla Apr 2, 2026 +19

Imagine, if you will, wanting to vacation anywhere more than a 2 day drive away and a flight starts sounding real nice

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LongLongMan_TM Apr 2, 2026 -21

It's the same with the bicycle crowd. Just because it fits their life style, they want everyone else to do the same. They're quick to demonize the others as if the majority loved polution. The reality is, most people don't have a viable choice.

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MrTortilla Apr 2, 2026 +13

What are you on about? They want everyone to do the same? All the cyclists I know are just concerned with having it be a viable option. Maybe there are a few crazies out there who want to force everyone on bicycles but I gotta imagine they're few and far between

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Whatsth3dill Apr 2, 2026 +7

Some people think pushing for walkable cities means taking away their cars, which in american culture is viewed as taking away freedom

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ididntseeitcoming Apr 2, 2026 +3

I imagine the point of the comment is that “just take a bike to work or just don’t fly” aren’t really options for majority of folks

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nicetriangle Apr 2, 2026 +1

Just kinda sounds like you have some kinda immature axe to grind about bikes.

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CurrentElectrical736 Apr 2, 2026 +13

But it's the quickest way to get there, especially if you only have a week off from work!

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MajesticBread9147 Apr 2, 2026 +8

There are a lot of places you can't, or can't realistically go without flying.

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Impressive-Weird-908 Apr 2, 2026 -8

Yea but you just don’t go there. I can’t afford lobster right now so I don’t eat it. Not everyone needs to go to Europe again.

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Acceptable-Truck3803 Apr 2, 2026 +6

B**** shut your defeated ass up.

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IANALbutIAMAcat Apr 2, 2026 +1

It would take me 25 hours to drive to my parents house. And I have to go take care of them occasionally.

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UnderfurK Apr 2, 2026 +1

Do you have a visa for all the countries you're going to travel through by land?

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SituationSad4304 Apr 2, 2026 +1

You can drive too! Wait…..

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23stripes Apr 2, 2026 +1

Depends on where you live

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Oreos_Are_Anabolic Apr 2, 2026 +1

I'm certainly not driving to Italy from the UK.

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026 +2

You could travel by train. Don't you know there's a tunnel?1?1

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Oreos_Are_Anabolic Apr 2, 2026 +1

17 hours by train vs 2 hours by plane. I value my time too much for that downgrade of speed & convenience

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026 +1

Riding a train is part of the vacation. Don't waste 2 hours at airports and 2 in a plane. 17 hours of vacation time. Like, take a night train from Paris to Italy.

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wiidsmoker Apr 2, 2026 +53

Does this affect flights already booked? Could the airline cancel? Do they eat the price?

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noharamnofoul Apr 2, 2026 +41

probably very limited impact in the near term considering airlines hedge their input costs with futures, options and contracts

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pmormr Apr 2, 2026 +11

Six months out though, who knows, especially if prices keep going up. The airlines didn't hedge for prices doubling or fuel shortages.

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noharamnofoul Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yeah agreed, it’s hard to predict. I bet that trump will not prolong it until the midterms for his own self preservation. maybe they can dampen the impact with oil reserves until then? My hope is either this continues long enough and the impact is severe enough on the american public for the Republicans to lose the midterms OR it stops now and the economy is not fucked. If we get a recession AND keep republican control of congress i will be sad

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R101C Apr 2, 2026 +8

Major airlines, likely not gonna change anything with booked flights. I have some small airline stuff booked this summer in Alaska. Those came with fuel surcharge clauses built in. I'm expected another bill to come along.

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Pro_panda17 Apr 2, 2026 -35

I saw some reports of airlines asking to pay more for the trip, basically adding an extra charge if you want to fly.

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DeltaOne83 Apr 2, 2026 +32

Just out of curiosity can you show me these reports you mention. I’m not seeing anything and feels a little bit like you’re making this up.

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electriceagle Apr 2, 2026 +68

Wait didn’t they already do this, I remember this why they put in a bag fee that would be taken away once the gas price stabilized. F*** out of here. We need to start boycotting these fucks.

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TheFlyingBoxcar Apr 2, 2026 +14

Yeah! Let's start our own airline! With b********! And hookers! In fact ... forget the airline

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goingfullretard-orig Apr 2, 2026 +3

I'm going start a c***** and rent out Trump's name...

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evantom34 Apr 2, 2026 +4

Immediate bankruptcy, believe it or not

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black_flag_4ever Apr 2, 2026 +43

And when the crisis is over the fee will stay.

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fly_awayyy Apr 2, 2026 +4

Probably not most people say this but airfares are adjusted by the minute by algorithms to stay competitive. Most of the airlines even started offering no frills economy where you have to pay for a carry on aside from the low cost ones. So no fares do come back down and they have not kept up with inflation too fyi.

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guss_bro Apr 2, 2026 +1

There's not much competition. So the price will likely stay up

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fly_awayyy Apr 2, 2026 +1

It’s pretty competitive? You still have LCC options in the USA which is a failing model anyways the public voted with their wallet

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IFL_DINOSAURS Apr 2, 2026 +6

relevant part - Speaking at a hearing held by the Legislative Yuan's Transportation Committee, CAA Director-General Ho Shu-ping (何淑萍) said fuel surcharges for Taiwanese carriers will increase by US$27.50 for short-haul routes and by US$71.50 for long-haul routes.

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brownsfan760 Apr 2, 2026 +6

Affordability is a democratic hoax!!!!! /s

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Spiritual-Matters Apr 3, 2026 +2

Biden’s economy…

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Underwater_Karma Apr 2, 2026 +12

Jet fuel price goes up 50%, airline fuel surcharges goes up 157%. These aren't honest people, these are profiteers using conflict in the Middle East to squeeze more money out of your pocket... For no reason other than they can.

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Iambetterthanuhaha Apr 2, 2026 +6

Glad I took my vacation in January. Nobody will be flying anywhere now!

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StoriesandStones Apr 2, 2026 +9

I took a vacation in 2005 and one in 2014 so at least I had those.

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ActuallyUnder Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yeah I don’t think I’ll be taking any vacations for a while, now I just go camping with good friends and food and drink.

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Cermettt Apr 2, 2026 +2

f*** me harder daddy flump

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Molekularspalter Apr 2, 2026 +5

Flying is still quite c****. I just booked a 3 hour flight for 220 USD (including checked baggage) per person.

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goingfullretard-orig Apr 2, 2026 +2

I'm thinking of visiting my very elderly father. It would be cheaper for me to fly 1 hour to see him than to pay for gas to drive to see him (about 1300kms).

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WeirdKittens Apr 2, 2026 +5

Do it either way. There's no amount of money worth more than family.

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fly_awayyy Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yes historically air fares have not kept up with inflation

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peelman1 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Going back to the 60’s where business people and the rich travelled

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goingfullretard-orig Apr 2, 2026 +1

I'm gonna buy a horse.

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evantom34 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Can we get houses for a high five and a back rub like back then?

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fafnir01 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I'll let my boss know about the fuel surcharge I'll be adding to my salary on Monday...

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haxomg Apr 3, 2026 +1

This is why this is a load of c***. Wasn't it like 20% oil going through Hormuz?

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Remarkable-Title-209 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Cool. 😑

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chubby_pink_donut Apr 2, 2026 -4

Except airlines have fuel contracts. It doesn't matter what oil cost tomorrow because they will pay the exact same price set 3 years ago when the contract was signed.

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123qweasd123 Apr 2, 2026 +7

Except US airlines DO NOT DO THIS. I understand your entire comment history is dumping on conservative misinformation just make sure to do the tiniest bit of googling to make sure you’re not also spreading it. “fuel hedging), but the practice has largely been abandoned by major U.S. carriers. While European and Asian carriers (such as Ryanair and IAG) actively hedge to lock in prices and reduce volatility, most U.S. airlines dropped these programs, finding them expensive and unreliable after 2024”

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dahungryfrog Apr 2, 2026 +6

No airline pays fixed price. Those contracts are floating at jet fuel plus a premium so they definitely will not be paying the same as when the contract was signed

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fly_awayyy Apr 2, 2026 +3

Fuel hedging was abandoned by most US airlines around COVID time because fuel tanked and they got stuck paying higher prices vs market rates.

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Golden_Hour1 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Dumb motherfuckers. Now the opposite occurred. They should go back to hedging

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fly_awayyy Apr 2, 2026 +1

I don’t think anyone forsee this “war/ conflict happening” they had a 6-7yr good wage of stable fuel prices lol

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Golden_Hour1 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Nobody foresaw covid either. in general probably works out better to hedge. They stopped cause of a once in a generation pandemic and it bit them in the ass

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fly_awayyy Apr 3, 2026 +1

I mean this was a lot more controllable and what happened is oil prices tanked to near negative dollars a barrel…this is not the same at all. And they rode that out for 6-7yrs once again making record profits. If anything look up SWA they got bit in the ass with fuel hedging locked into the $3.50ish fuel prices when it was $2.50 for over a year and they couldn’t walk away because it was a contract which hurt their bottom line…

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AnAngryBartender Apr 2, 2026 -7

Even less of a reason for me to fly anywhere, nice

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Chickennbuttt Apr 2, 2026

Good, I hate the act of travel anyway.

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AdAppropriate6795 Apr 2, 2026 -11

Reading the story seems to state will add 70 bucks to a long haul flight. NGL I think if can afford a long haul ticket another 70 bucks not gonna kill you

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ContessaChaos Apr 2, 2026 +7

That's not the point. We are being nickeled and dimed to death.

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Nonhinged Apr 2, 2026 -4

Most people don't need to fly to not die.

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StaffMountain6564 Apr 2, 2026 +2

It's a pretty sad state of affairs if we're OK with all of someone's pay going towards only the stuff they need to not die. And anyway, people need shelter not to die, and health care... neither of those is anything close to affordable for a massive swath of this country. People are *already* giving up on life necessities to afford stuff that, while not life and death, is pretty freakin' important... stuff like food beyond bread and potatoes, and child care, etc. If we're also pricing stuff like travel out of people's reach, then what is the point of everything? When "someone" is making insider trades 15 minutes before Trump announces things that cause market disruptions and earning hundreds of millions on those trades, and the rest of the population gets to deal with even higher prices on EVERYTHING on top of record inflation, the highest ever tariff burden in history, unaffordable housing and health care, huge spikes in food and energy prices, huge spikes in car insurance prices... then yeah, people aren't going to be very receptive to the "well that is a luxury - what are you complaining about?" reply.

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fartonisto Apr 2, 2026 +1

Way to cope.

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milespoints Apr 2, 2026 -1

Article is interestingly talking about domestic flights… in Taiwan. What’s that? There are flights taking off and landing all within Taiwan?

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evantom34 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I’m not surprised, the island is decently large.

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caodalt Apr 2, 2026 -49

If vacations have to be cancelled because of fuel charges, then those vacations are fiscally irresponsible

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Mean_Excitement_320 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Why I gotta be fiscally responsible in this state of the world

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