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4 Pain Points of Future Flights and How to Handle Them All signs point to worsening flight experiences. What can be done?

By Elaine Glusac

This story appears in the January 2016 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

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Here's the good news: Airfares are down. According to fare-prediction app Hopper, rates in September dropped a substantial 18 percent from the previous year. And all signs point to a bottoming-out this month, at an average domestic round-trip price of $204. Now, the bad: Airline consolidation and the continued softening of the European economy, among other concerns, have some analysts nervous about the future of flying. But don't panic just yet. Although the following warning signs seem to indicate that things could get worse for fliers, there may be ways to ease at least some of the pain.


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