{"id":697561,"date":"2026-11-03T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=697561"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:50:00","slug":"the-price-of-this-short-domestic-flight-is-so-absurd-youll-think-its-a-typo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=697561","title":{"rendered":"The Price Of This Short Domestic Flight Is So Absurd You’ll Think It’s A Typo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Price Of This Short Domestic Flight Is So Absurd You’ll Think It’s A Typo<\/span><\/p>\n

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Americans hoping to fly home for the holidays are in for a brutal case of sticker shock. Just how bad has the airfare insanity become? One flight between two cities in the same state reportedly came with a price tag so outrageous it almost defies belief.<\/p>\n

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A roughly 90 minute flight from Buffalo to New York City is said to have been listed for a $12,000<\/strong>, according to TikTokker Kristen Mirand.<\/p>\n

The eye-popping figure was quoted for a round-trip ticket, according to the New York Post<\/a>. Making matters even more absurd, the quoted itinerary reportedly included a detour through Florida. It remains unclear whether anyone actually purchased a ticket at that price.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The shocking example comes as holiday airfare reaches its highest level in a decade. The average domestic round-trip ticket for Thanksgiving now costs $402, a 31% increase from last year<\/strong>, according to travel booking platform Hopper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Christmas travelers won’t be getting much relief, either. Average round-trip fares have climbed to $452, up 23% from 2025.<\/p>\n

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Hopper attributes much of the increase to elevated jet fuel prices linked to the United States’ war with Iran, and don’t expect airfare prices to come crashing down anytime soon.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the majority of that price jump is coming on the back of almost doubling of jet fuel prices compared to this time last year.”<\/strong> Hayley Berg, Hopper’s lead economist, said<\/a>. “Airlines unfortunately have to pass on those incremental costs in the form of higher fares to consumers.”<\/p>\n

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said<\/a> that airlines could hold on to much of their fare increases even after fuel prices return to normal<\/strong>, while Southwest CEO Bob Jordan was even more blunt, warning<\/a> that carriers would “certainly not attempt to give some of these fare increases back.”<\/p>\n

In other words, even if the war ends and fuel prices plunge, Americans could be stuck paying sky-high airfares<\/strong> long after the crisis is over.<\/p>\n

And the airlines? They could be laughing all the way to the bank.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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The Price Of This Short Domestic Flight Is So Absurd You’ll Think It’s A Typo Americans hoping to fly home for the holidays are in for a brutal case of sticker shock. Just how bad has the airfare insanity become? One flight between two cities in the same state reportedly came with a price tag… Continue reading The Price Of This Short Domestic Flight Is So Absurd You’ll Think It’s A Typo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}