2013 Event An error on the Delta Air Lines website allows thousands of customers to buy tickets for super-low fares, some 90% below regular ticket prices; Delta takes responsibility for the error, and will honor ticket purchases as well as frequent flier miles earned on the reduced-fare flights 2011 Event U.S. airlines continue increasing fares as a result of the high cost of jet fuel 1995 Event New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1992 Event American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% 1948 Event New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents