I have a friend who wants to know the approximate air fare from Carson City, NV to MKE in 1968. Does anyone have a clue as to where I might find that info? He says it's a long story as to why he needs to know and I don't think I really do want the reason. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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This is going to be close, but not exact. First of all, the fare would be from Reno to Milwaukee, as Carson City did not have (and still does not have) an airport with scheduled commercial service.
In my timetable archives, the closest United schedule have to 1968 is from January 1970. Unfortunately, it does not show airfares, which is odd as most timetables from the pre-deregulation era do.
So, using a 1973 UA schedule, the one way coach fare from RNO to DEN was $65, and the one way coach fare from DEN to MKE was $73, for a total one way Y fare of $138. First Class over the same routing (the most direct, with just the single connection in DEN) would have set him back only $41 dollars more, or $179! Round trip fares would be double the above amounts.
Keep in mind that these are 1973 figures, so 1968 would have been a bit less, but not much, since the CAB kept pretty tight control over fares in those days.
Hope this helps.
Yes it does. Thanks much for your help.
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I just went over to Southwest.com to look at the fare for this routing. To travel from RNO-MDW, the price is almost the same, 40 years later. Great for the consumer, sad for the industry.
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To make this sound even crazier, what would the dollar value be today ? 138 one way and roughly 280 round trip was a very large chunk of peoples monthly income in 1973!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seems to me that's very great for the consumer and very sad for the industry , and pax wonder why meal service is almost nil and you get nickle and dimed for everything, i see the day when the lav is coin operated to open the door," cost money to fix all that corrosion underneath".
To put things into perspective, in 1064 a one way ticket from LAX to IAD cost $164.50. There were student fares that were half price, but you had to be a full time student. At that same time I was earning a weekly salary of $125 working at a motion picture studio. $125 was considered an excellent salary.
That maybe why people dressed up to fly. High heels, stockings, full dress.
My, how things have changed!
That maybe why people dressed up to fly. High heels, stockings, full dress.
My, how things have changed!
I thought that all you could get in 1064 was a one-way ticket from Normandy across the English Channel to England with William the Conqueror...
Oh, wait, that was 1066. Never mind!
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Thanks! If anyone should appreciate historical humor, it's Mr. Peabody. "Where should I set the Wayback Machine to, Mr. Peabody?"
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$138 in 1973 = $656.06 in 2008.
$280 in 1973 = $1,331.14 in 2008.
$164.50 in 1964 = $1,120.09 in 2008.
And your weekly $125 salery should be $851.13 now, or $44,410.75 annual.
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U.S. Department of Labor - One of my favorite web sites.
. Bureau of Labor Statistics
. . Consumer Price Indexes
. . . Inflation Calculator
Annual earnings = (365.25 / 7) * weekly earnings.
Keep in mind that inflation figures generally understate inflation for political reasons. A few years ago they really went way off when they added a "value index". The value index can show a reduction in price even if the price of that particular item in the "basket of goods" increased(electronics for example).
I still dress up to fly and take pride in doing so.
