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#815: The Rest of the Story 2017
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BONUS INDICATOR: How Airfare Is Changing
Why flying to small airports keeps costing more and more, just as flying to big airports is getting cheaper. (This episode is from our new podcast, The Indicator. Subscribe to it wherever you get your podcasts.)