I Confronted the Authorities Behind Airport Price Gouging
From More Perfect Union.
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Airports are ripping you off even more than you realized.
Food and drink is often only supposed to cost 15% more at airports than it does outside.
But when we went to investigate we found prices 50%-90% higher, and multi-billion dollar corporations making huge profits.
Airport Prices Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTwtqw7k_Cs47TKN53yvH8Smbru0kFBOgXIX8rdcK1J9gMfcnn2G2VxZeOz_NwJGiONt54iCOnD-0uS/pubhtml#gid=809343588
Airport Prices Data (excel): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vReeKQjb90lKLfYpx5zR_RYGEREfeBSYp4C-vhfNp6gK2dF8zwSQw1TokTbJOawoNZmXCZLWhtbB-xj/pub?output=xlsx
Producer: Alec Opperman
Editor: Addison Post
Motion Designer: Addison Post
Videographers: Evan Carter, Mark Comberiate, Addison Post
Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley
Research Fellow: Daria Nastasia
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
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Food and drink is often only supposed to cost 15% more at airports than it does outside.
But when we went to investigate we found prices 50%-90% higher, and multi-billion dollar corporations making huge profits.
Airport Prices Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTwtqw7k_Cs47TKN53yvH8Smbru0kFBOgXIX8rdcK1J9gMfcnn2G2VxZeOz_NwJGiONt54iCOnD-0uS/pubhtml#gid=809343588
Airport Prices Data (excel): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vReeKQjb90lKLfYpx5zR_RYGEREfeBSYp4C-vhfNp6gK2dF8zwSQw1TokTbJOawoNZmXCZLWhtbB-xj/pub?output=xlsx
Producer: Alec Opperman
Editor: Addison Post
Motion Designer: Addison Post
Videographers: Evan Carter, Mark Comberiate, Addison Post
Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley
Research Fellow: Daria Nastasia
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
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