By KAYLA FOSTER<\/p>\n
Major airlines gouged\u00a0ticket prices Tuesday afternoon after Gov. Rick Scott announced Hurricane Irma evacuations.<\/p>\n
Airlines such as American, Delta, United and Jet Blue gouged ticket prices up to $1,000 plus after it was announced Florida would start evacuations.<\/p>\n
Travelers took to Twitter expressing their outrage with the airlines to complain about the price gouging ahead of the Category 5 storm. CNBC<\/em> reported people taking screenshot examples of the gouging. Examples included a $1,738 United flight between Miami and Indianapolis and a $2,370 American flight between Miami and Los Angeles. Those and others flooded social media Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n Bus and train transportation followed suit after the airlines, making it nearly impossible to get out of the state.<\/p>\n Due to the hiked airline, bus and train tickets, thousands headed to the road Wednesday and experienced gas gouging as well; however, in the state of Florida, it is illegal to gouge gas prices during an emergency.<\/p>\n While airlines are not subject to Florida’s price gouging law, many people saw the inflated prices as unethical and dangerous as people were trying to evacuate the area.<\/p>\n In a statement to The Business Insider<\/em>, most of the major airlines planned to cap prices at $99 per ticket out of Florida, and connecting flights priced at $159, but flight delays and cancellations have left many discouraged.<\/p>\n Hurricane Irma is estimated to make headway on Friday and into the weekend. Mandatory evacuations are in place for those in the South Florida area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By KAYLA FOSTER Major airlines gouged\u00a0ticket prices Tuesday afternoon after Gov. Rick Scott announced Hurricane Irma evacuations. Airlines such as American, Delta, United and Jet Blue gouged ticket prices up to $1,000 plus after it was announced Florida would start … Continue reading