One ticket may be, say, $89 each way from New York to Orlando. With taxes and fees, let’s assume it rounds up to $100. So $200 round trip, times 4 for a family of four, is $800. Add in a rental car at $25/day for five days, since you’re driving, and that’s $925.

On the other hand, that family (as documented above) could drive in a car that gets 25 mpg for a cost of $160 each way, or $320 round trip. No rental car needed since you’ve got your own. It’s a third the cost of flying. Even if you have to rent a car for the trip, it’s cheaper.

For single travelers, airfare is often a bargain compared with driving, if it’s a long enough distance on a route where there’s competition. But if it’s a less-traveled route, with no competition, even then driving can be cheaper. From Baton Rouge to Dallas, for instance, is about 435 miles. Using the same calculations, it would take about 35 gallons, round trip. At $4/gallon, driving would be $140. Flying is about $200 with advance notice, plus whatever rental car costs.

And of course, none of these calculations take into account the value of one’s time. There are times when I’ll gladly pay double the driving cost to fly, because I get to my destination quicker. There are other times when I can drive almost as fast as I could fly, once you factor in waiting time at airports, claiming luggage, renting a car, and driving from the airport into the city.

There are a lot of factors affecting which way is cheapest – or most desirable.

THIS WEEK on Jetblue: $214.00 ONE WAY.
Since you’re driving………….ADD another $50 BUCKS in ROAD TOLLS.
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The math, however is completely different if it was a family of 4. The driving costs would be about the same (maybe a little more due to the extra weight). The flying costs, however, would be $214 x 4 = $856.

And now it is a big difference.

Actually, NO, no they didnt. If you BOOK A FLIGHT the week of the 25 of Aug, AIR FARES, for THE ENTIRE WEEK are CHEAPER THEN DRIVING………..Try driving to florida for $89.00 to $114.00 dollars.

THIS WEEK on Jetblue: $214.00 ONE WAY.
Since you’re driving………….ADD another $50 BUCKS in ROAD TOLLS.

Coast to Coast?……check travelocity, which the above itinerary.
This week on Travelocity.com, we found one-way coast-to-coast American Airlines (JFK-LAX) tickets for less ($146)!

Re: second mortgage. If you believe what some of the experts are saying, then you might be forgiven for thinking so.

Second Mortgage?…Please, how dramatic! CONTINUE READING:

This came from the pilot’s union. It refers to an image that you won’t be able to see here: it’s a magazine ad for air travel including the price.

Consider this for a moment

Pictured is an old American Airways ticket advertisement from 1932. It features a coast-to-coast ticket for $155 dollars. That was 76 years ago. This week on Travelocity.com, we found one-way coast-to-coast American Airlines (JFK-LAX) tickets for less ($146)!
How can airline ticket prices not have changed in nearly 80 years when the price of everything else has? Using the governments inflation calculator, $100 in 1932 would be an equivalent of $1,597 today. Consider the following price comparisons between the 1930s and now (source: thepeoplehistory.com Web site):

A gallon of gasoline was $.10, and now its $4.00
A dozen eggs was $.18, and now its $3.46
Box of breakfast cereal was $.10, and now its $3.00
Loaf of bread was $.05, and now its $1.25
Average home price was $4,000, and now its $200,00

AA one-way coast-to-coast ticket was $155, and now its $146! (Just adjusting for inflation, this ticket price should be $2,475 today.)