Insane Flight Prices
A quick rant about flight prices -- a short hop from Minneapolis to Des Moines quoted at over $700, cheaper to just make the 3.5-hour drive.
I was on my favorite travel pricing site today and I was looking up how much flights were from MPLS to Des Moines. Now I’d probably never-ever fly to Des Moines because I believe its only about 3.5 hours away via car. But with gas prices these days you have to check it out. When I used to live in Phoenix, a group of friends and I would always go to Vegas every year. We drove a couple of times but we eventually found out that flying was actually cheaper (back then – 6-7 years ago). A round trip ticket would cost us 80 dollars. Talk about DEAL!!!!
So, wondering if I could score the same for another short flight such as Des Moines would be awesome.
YEAH. RIGHT.
Look at this scree capture:
Seriously. Over $700 dollars for a ticket? YOU GOTTA TO BE CRAZY! – or as the New Yorkers in the Bronx where I lived for awhile would say it “Yo dawg, dat price is banana’s!”
Its apparent the airlines no longer have deals (at least in this case). If I do go, I’ll be driving. 🙂
