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By: SOB Business Cafe 09-06-07 - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once.

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:25:37 +0000

[...] I’ll take the ticket without extra taxes, please . . . [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:49:55 +0000

Now THAT is one of my pet peeves.

Don’t charge me $300 for a ticket, then $5 for headsets, $3 for drinks, etc. Charge me $325 and be done with it. I don’t travel with small bills. Small children, yes.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:17:50 +0000

Talk about getting nickeled and dimed to death. The airline I fly a lot (Spirit) also charges for luggage you check, sodas, etc. They try to get money however they can.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:45:54 +0000

Jake -
I completely agree.
When I was in Germany for a month a couple of years ago, we took the train everywhere. Quick, efficient, affordable.
I love the train but in the US, we have basically stripped rail down to the bones so that it’s neither economic nor practical.
If you’re interested, here’s the 2008 proposed budget (with 2006 and 2007 numbers) for DOT:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/transportation.html

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:35:44 +0000

until we develop the rail system so that people can take trains (like other civilized folk…), don’t even bother to complain about the airlines. they’ve an effective monopoly. yeah for them.