Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from regulation has led to scheduling chaos, a rise in the number of new carriers, and ferocious price wars, particularly on choice routes like New York to Miami and East Coast to West. The cutthroat competition is forcing many big carriers to ferry about planeloads of overjoyed passengers at bargain rates that sometimes do not even cover operating costs...
There will be hardly any pattern to the fares the travelers will pay: some charges will seem strangely high, others absurdly low. In New Haven, Conn., last week, bargain hunters snapped up promotional 75? tickets-a penny a mile-for New Air's inaugural flight to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. The fare will increase in stages to $32 by July...
...Florida can offer bargain prices on many flights because it provides almost none of the amenities that are offered by the established trunk carriers. No hot meals are served on domestic runs, and there is no more room per passenger than is absolutely necessary...
...Even "bargain-basement" prices can be bettered. On its New York-to-Miami run, TWA ordinarily promotes its $328 round-trip supersaver fares as a good buy, even though such tickets must be bought two weeks in advance and are offered only on a space-available basis. But because of heavy competition, the line has been offering one-way coach tickets, with no strings attached, for only $119, a $90 round-trip saving over its own supersaver fare...
...market where you say, 'My God, that fare is awfully high,' you can be sure that someone else has noticed and is trying to figure out if he can undercut it." While it lasts, the airline price war should continue to give passengers a bargain a minute...