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So you'd be willing to pay more for a faster flight but you aren't willing to pay more for a better class of seats?
by GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
So you'd be willing to pay more for a faster flight but you aren't willing to pay more for a better class of seats?
- njloof 10y agoYes. I can live with a cramped seat for 4 hours, plus I get an extra day at home on each end in place of travel time. And I don't end up at a hotel at 10AM waiting for my room to be ready.
- ghaff 10y ago>plus I get an extra day at home on each end in place of travel time. That seems optimistic. East coast US to western Europe (which is the 3-4 hr scenario you mention for supersonic flight) you're cutting a get-in-late flight (or a redeye) to an SST leaving in the morning to arrive in the evening. Which isn't gaining a day. Returning, you can already get a direct flight from Europe that leaves in the AM and arrives early PM. An SST still isn't gaining you a day. Theoretical long haul routes over the Pacific potentially gain you more but now you're potentially sitting in seats for 8+ hours and it's pretty much a guarantee that no carrier is going to offer that sort of flight with cramped seats.