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United CEO warns holiday flight prices will spike thanks to rising jet fuel costs
NY Post ^ | 10/21/2021 | Emily Crane

Posted on 10/21/2021 7:53:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The CEO of United Airlines has warned flight prices are about to spike as the busy holiday travel season looms — and surging jet fuel prices are to blame.

Jet fuel prices are climbing to levels not seen before COVID-19 hit and those costs would likely have to be passed along to passengers, United’s Scott Kirby told CNBC on Wednesday.

“Higher jet fuel prices lead to higher ticket prices,” Kirby said. “Ultimately, we’ll pass that through.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: flight; fuel; prices; united
You won't catch me on a plane with the mask mandate.
1 posted on 10/21/2021 7:53:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe next year when the impending takeover of Congress straightens things out a bit.


2 posted on 10/21/2021 7:54:24 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Fuel prices spike under Trump: "He's incompetent! He's helping his rich friends in the oil business! He's in bed with the Russians, who want high oil prices!"

Fuel prices spike under Biden: "One of those things, low prices are bad for global warming, it's the new normal, ho hum."

3 posted on 10/21/2021 8:04:40 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Call me what you will, but I believe everything (pandemic, rising energy and fuel costs, shipping delays and empty store shelves has been orchestrated from the beginning. We are being manipulated and corralled into the New World Order.


4 posted on 10/21/2021 8:06:15 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Same here. Haven’t been on a major airline commercial flight in two years. I’ll just drive, thanks very much.


5 posted on 10/21/2021 8:06:20 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Magnum44

I used to have to fly on business.

I retired three years ago—haven’t been near an airport since...

I have no desire to go through concentration camp beta testing.


6 posted on 10/21/2021 8:10:05 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Won’t catch me on a plane. At all. Done! Don’t need to fly anyplace. If I need to go to Hawaii I’ll just take brandon’s amtrak there. :-}


7 posted on 10/21/2021 8:10:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: 1Old Pro
"..— and surging jet fuel prices babblin' biden's administrative progressive pleasing policies are to blame.
8 posted on 10/21/2021 8:12:11 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hmm??

Fly from Burbank to Dallas, trip to airport, waiting, security, ...about 8 hours, get off, rent a car then drive 2 1/2 hours to Daughters house. Total 10-12 hours and about $1000 one way for 2.

Jump in my 172 from Burbank and fly direct to Longview, TX, 10 hours plus stops for gas, land 1 mile from Daughters House, Total 10-12 hours and about $500.


9 posted on 10/21/2021 8:21:36 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Coming soon! Fuel Surcharges! What a novel, untried idea.


10 posted on 10/21/2021 8:25:05 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
JP Morgan: “We Could Be Just Weeks Away From Cushing Effectively Running Out Of Crude”
11 posted on 10/21/2021 8:50:17 AM PDT by blam
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everything leftist put their hands to they screw up. Perhaps it’s on purpose.

That said, where the hell are republicans? I see VERY little push back.


12 posted on 10/21/2021 10:03:37 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: ChicagoConservative27
United CEO warns holiday flight prices will spike thanks to rising jet fuel costs

All the more reason not to patronize them.
13 posted on 10/21/2021 5:57:00 PM PDT by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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