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jollyllamatoday at 1:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

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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tt24today at 3:39 PM

Yeah and economy class was absurdly expensive and limited to rich people

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SpicyLemonZesttoday at 2:31 PM

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.