tickets with american airlines have tripled and quadrupled that amount. the airline claimed that was costing the airline millions of dollars. everything is on hold now that american is going through bankruptcy protection. here to sort it out for us, brian kelly. brian, good morning to you. first of all, i don't think a lot of folks are familiar with this american air pass program, this golden ticket program, originally set up as a big cash cow for the airline, right? >> right. yeah, in the '80s, american started selling this pass to raise money when it was hard to get loans. so i think most people aren't familiar with it because unfortunately it's no longer up for sale. but back in the day f you got in on this, it was an amazing deal. >> how much are we talking? >> they weren't cheap. when american first started selling them, they were about