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Comment by jollyllama

2 hours ago

You say that, but flying economy was much better back then. Less fights, more legroom. You've got to fly business today to get close.

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SpicyLemonZest  23 minutes ago

It was better because the Civil Aeronautics Board did not allow price competition, so the cost of economy tickets was much too high, on some routes reaching the inflation-adjusted level of business class tickets today.

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