US airlines redesigning travel around their highest-paying passengers

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  1. I travelled for a living for most of my career. Now retired, if I never got on another airplane again I would be just fine. Air travel is an abomination these days. The US airlines cater to only the wealthiest travellers and the rest of us suffer the indignities of being treated like cattle. I would honestly be embarrassed to say I worked for an airline. I wish train travel would make a comeback in the US. A much more civilized way to travel ,but that isn’t going to happen in my lifetime unfortunately. I feel for all those who have never known a time when air travel was fun, exciting, and most of all comfortable!

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