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Insane Flight Prices

I was on my favorite travel pricing site today and I was looking up how much flights were from MPLS to Des Moines. Now I'd probably never-ever fly to Des Moines because I believe its only about 3.5 hours away via car. But with gas prices these days you have to check it out. When I used to live in Phoenix, a group of friends and I would always go to Vegas every year. We drove a couple of times but we eventually found out that flying was actually cheaper (back then - 6-7 years ago). A round trip ticket would cost us 80 dollars. Talk about DEAL!!!!

 So, wondering if I could score the same for another short flight such as Des Moines would be awesome. 

 YEAH. RIGHT. 

 Look at this scree capture: 

WTF 

 

Seriously. Over $700 dollars for a ticket? YOU GOTTA TO BE CRAZY! - or as the New Yorkers in the Bronx where I lived for awhile would say it "Yo dawg, dat price is banana's!"

Its apparent the airlines no longer have deals (at least in this case). If I do go, I'll be driving. :)

Published Aug 22 2008, 06:11 AM by donnfelker
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