Just ask for way more money. What would it take for you to get to that more pricey spot? An extra $50k? Just do it. I've seen people get 30 or 50% more on their

Just ask for way more money. What would it take for you to get to that more pricey spot? An extra $50k? Just do it. I've seen people get 30 or 50% more on their offer by impressing the hell out of the interviewers. Don't think that the the flight makes you owe them anything. Why do they need to do an in-person interview? I've hired plenty of people out of province with a couple extended Google Hangouts chats as well as code review.