Originally Posted by
nene
In college, the last years before the demise of Eastern, I flew a few times from SEA-PDX and PDX-SEA on a 747! (and it was $50 R/T to boot). It was actually a flt that went MIA-PDX-SEA and then reversed course for the evening/overnight return. Worked great getting to/from college as was actually cheaper than train or bus and took less time.
EAL only flew 747s in '71- '72, 3 of them they leased from PAA, so that's interesting. Also, $50 in 1972 is $312 today.