A transaction price index for air travel: research on a price index estimator based on data from a U.S. Department of Transportation survey involves testing unique imputation and across-time matching procedures; the resulting experimental index is compared with the official CPI series and the consumer expenditure deflator series used in National Accounts computations.(Air-Travel Transaction Index) From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Dorfman, Alan H.; Lent, Janice | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Special discount airfares, facilitated by the Internet and "frequent-flyer" programs, complicate efforts to measure changes in the price of commercial air travel. Endeavoring to fill their flights, airlines offer a variety of discount fares through several media (credit card points, supermarket coupons, and the like). The official Consumer Dice Index (CPI) for commercial air travel, however, is based on prices listed by the airlines in SABRE, a reservation system used by many trave...

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