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Jack Valentino

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2. your post and the many news stories about 'airfare going sky high' inspired me to
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:46 PM
Apr 29

Last edited Thu Apr 30, 2026, 12:27 AM - Edit history (1)

ask Google about cheapest airfares from Detroit MI to Phoenix AZ,
where my best friend lives, and mostly the only airline trip I have ever taken...

I was accustomed to paying about $300 for such, the last time was in 2008,
and I expected the quotes to be much higher than that---

Much to my shock, Google was feeding me links to such round-trips
mostly starting around $150, but some even LESS than that---
from 50% less to 67% less than what I used to pay for the same trip...


I have no logical explanation for that,
except that you should definitely start with Google to price your flights!!!!


(AND, I didn't actually try to BUY any such flight, I was just 'shopping',
but I didn't expect to see ANY such prices in a search result!)




(I asked Google for "cheapest round-trip airfares from here to there"..)






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