US Consumers Face Rising Prices and Decreasing Customer Service
Guardian Business1 min read115 words
Experts say consolidation and market power have left consumers paying more for lessHow do people in the US describe customer service in 2026? When Delta Airlines charged Marie Duggan, an economic historian visiting Oaxaca, Mexico, $1,200 to change a scheduled flight to the United States, she was so angry she cancelled and booked a cross-border nighttime bus ride instead. Duggan thought Delta’s price increase to fly to Phoenix instead of San Francisco, at twice the price of a one-way flight to Phoenix, was an insult and a rip-off. So she took a $250 flight on Aeromexico to Hermosillo, in the north-western state of Sonora, and then a $59 bus across the Mexico border. Continue reading...
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