Rising fuel costs?
What crap. The airlines are in a boon right now. They made so much money last year. The airlines and energy companies are the most selfish companies in America.
Barriers to Revenue = TSA
they are expecting a recession soon, and do not want to expand into it.
They’ve already hedged in these low prices for years to come.
Fuel isn’t the issue
“According to a U.S. Department of Transportation report published earlier this month, U.S. airlines raked in a profit of $25.6 billion last year, a 241 percent increase from 2014.”
Delta has raised rates at least twice already this year so I doubt fuel prices had anything to do with it. United prices just increased, so maybe they matching. But at least United has legitimately beefed up customer service trying to get out of the position as the only airline to actually lose money last year.
I have not flown for years, partly because I despite the air travel industry.
I wish I could get everyone else to join me, just so we could bankrupt that industry.