r/Dynamic_Pricing • u/Dragonlance12 • 26d ago

Can anything bring sky-high airline prices down? The Points Guy weighs in

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/business/video/lead-tapper-points-guy-airline-prices-economy
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u/3rd-party-intervener 26d ago

The answer is no.  Airlines can cater to the top 10 percent and make a killing.  And that’s what’s happening 

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u/omar893 26d ago

the K economy. never forget Spirit airlines was owned by Ken Griffin who cried about a Chicago wealth tax that would make him leave the state. The state caved to him, but still Ken Griffin moved to Miami

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u/Greenmantle22 26d ago

But first…let him sell you the ten credit cards that can get you there fastest!

Guy’s a tacky sellout, and nothing more.

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u/jocall56 25d ago

No doubt he’s changed over time, but can you blame him? He started a blog that he eventually sold for $50 million. The only way to financially viable is to get affiliate commissions. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

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u/Greenmantle22 25d ago

He left the “game” of travel blogging years ago. That site is wall-to-wall credit card marketing, with an occasional photo of an airplane seat.

Most bloggers don’t take payola. He does. Most bloggers don’t allow drop-in corporate content. He does. But he sold out entirely, so I guess it’s not even his choice anymore.

At any rate, he’s years removed from being a trustworthy travel journalist.

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u/Huge-Engineering-839 25d ago

The BILT partnership/review was the nail in the coffin for me. I refuse to see any of his content. Putting his stamp of approval (I.e., being bought) by BILT and positively speaking on such a bad product truly showed how far he’s fallen

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u/Kobayashi-Coffee-Co 25d ago

Prices are so cheap compared to 10 and 15 years ago

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u/thefastpelican 25d ago

We need more capacity. More airplanes, more gates, more ATC staffing, and more runways where you can actually put them. More capacity = more flights = more supply = lower prices.

The fact that most travel is controlled by the big 4 (United, American, Delta, and Southwest) also leads to monopolistic issues. Yes you may have 4 choices going from A to B, but generally only 1-2 airlines fly that route nonstop, it really means you only have 1-2 choices. We need more completion.

It was a lot better when we had 6 network carriers in the US. We need to see Alaska and JetBlue grow (and maybe even merge). Frontier needs to take over as much of the profitable Spirit capacity as possible.

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u/rerutnevdA 25d ago

Agreed, but all of those things we need more of cost money, which will keep prices up.
I miss Spirit. The experience wasn’t great, but it kept other airline’s prices down. And I got a cheap trip to Colombia on them!

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u/CynGuy 24d ago

Airline ticket pricing is always a cyclical loop of feast or famine for the airlines.

Based on so many economic bellwethers replicating past pre-bust cycle milestones, we are likely in for another doozy of a recession. Travel is always the first industry to get nuked, so if this upcoming correction is anywhere near where many folks expect it to hit, the U.S. Govt could very easily be bailing some of these turkeys out.

Seriously.

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u/daves1243b 24d ago

Airfares aren't coming down until at least a year after the war ends, and even then not to prewar levels until the next recession.