$20 handling fee!?

[James]

It's time for E3, and that means it's time for an airplane ticket. After a bit of poking around I finally find something decent, but as it turns out there's no e-ticket option available. Anyone care to guess how much it costs to print out and mail the tickets? Come on, pretend you didn't read the thread title and take a stab at it.

Yep, it costs $20 to print out tickets and mail them. Let's see, that's $0.37 for the stamp, $1 (being kind and giving here) to print out the tickets and the envelope label, and $18.63 for the tip.

Maybe it comes with a tube of KY Jelly?

James

[George]

Maybe it comes with a tube of KY Jelly?

To ease the pain of how badly you got fucked?

[James]

Bingo!

James

[bahn]

It's time for E3, and that means it's time for an airplane ticket. After a bit of poking around I finally find something decent, but as it turns out there's no e-ticket option available. Anyone care to guess how much it costs to print out and mail the tickets? Come on, pretend you didn't read the thread title and take a stab at it.

Yep, it costs $20 to print out tickets and mail them. Let's see, that's $0.37 for the stamp, $1 (being kind and giving here) to print out the tickets and the envelope label, and $18.63 for the tip.

Maybe it comes with a tube of KY Jelly?

James

I thought I told ya where to get your ticket from?

Expedia.com, nuff said. (no stupid fees either)

[Rumpy]

Just look at the extra bullshit they charge you for concert tickets. It's like paying black market prices even though you're buying them legit.

[James]

That was Expedia, and it turned out I already had an account there, too. The site itself was free but the handling charge for printing out physical tickets and mailing them was $20. I've done e-ticket before and it's worked fine but for some reason it just wasn't an option with these.

James

[Drewbacca]

Printing is expensive. And they don't just factor in the costs needed. They want to make a profit to stay in business. They factor in the costs of rent, fuel, food, etc. and come up with a business plan that will keep them in business.

There's probably a 30% markup on it.

[Werewolf]

That is nothing compared to the taxes and fees you pay for airfare these days, especially with all the increased security now.

[Drewbacca]

Exactly. Not to mention that a lot of airlines are in financial trouble right now. It'll be even more expensive to get a good flight when there's not a lot of competition. Travelling through the air is expensive.

[Melf]

Sure is. It's cheaper to go from Venzuela to Madrid that it is from San Juan to Houston. What the hell's up with that? When my wife and I went to Houston to see my dad a few years ago it was almost a grand for each ticket. That's just insane.

My dad did only pay $563 to come to PR last year. I can't wait to see his fare this time around.