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I once flew from Hawaii to the middle of Russia, booked last moment due to an emergency. 5 different flights to get there, 4 to return. 45 hours to get there,

I once flew from Hawaii to the middle of Russia, booked last moment due to an emergency. 5 different flights to get there, 4 to return. 45 hours to get there, 36 hours to get back. Crying babies next to me on 3 of the flights. Worst flying experience ever.

beachstartup 10y ago
well, at least your life sounds much more exciting than mine. curious, how much does an emergency ticket like that cost?
- guard-of-terra 10y ago
  He's probably just a Russian who got disturbed on his vacation, you might be overestimating the excitement. If we're sharing, my longest one to date is: Cuzco - Lima (long layover, we got to visit Museo Larco and eat pizza) - Panama - Dominicana (technical stop, but we had to disembark) - Frankfurt - Moscow. It was pretty painless, I only regret missing one lunch by being asleep.
- andrewaylett 10y ago
  The cheapest one-way ticket from HNL to CEK (Chelyabinsk) tomorrow costs $2100. Getting there as quickly as possible (so leaving today and taking only 35h to get there) costs $3k. Source: your favourite meta-search. And since I work for one, I won't link any :).
- olegkikin 10y ago
  It was around $3-4K, in the summer, and it was from Kauai.
cdubzzz 10y ago
Not flying, but my worst travel experience ever was a 30 hour bus ride from Ouagadougou to Cape Coast. It's normally a bit shorter, but our bus was held up by highway robbers, who took all of my money.
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  Topper :) Though I would guess many developing world travel experiences are bad, while we are talking about first world problems here.
  - lisper 10y ago
    If you're including non-flight travel, I don't think you can beat Pitcairn Island in terms of sheer PITA-factor to get there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7MWxADnko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7MWxADnko
  - cdubzzz 10y ago
    Haha, I was originally going to comment about how you can always find a topper online. But in my case I get the story (no one was physically harmed, at least, and the police got there quickly). I'll take that over op's 81 hours of airline travel.

beachstartup 10y ago

well, at least your life sounds much more exciting than mine. curious, how much does an emergency ticket like that cost?

guard-of-terra 10y ago
He's probably just a Russian who got disturbed on his vacation, you might be overestimating the excitement. If we're sharing, my longest one to date is: Cuzco - Lima (long layover, we got to visit Museo Larco and eat pizza) - Panama - Dominicana (technical stop, but we had to disembark) - Frankfurt - Moscow. It was pretty painless, I only regret missing one lunch by being asleep.
andrewaylett 10y ago
The cheapest one-way ticket from HNL to CEK (Chelyabinsk) tomorrow costs $2100. Getting there as quickly as possible (so leaving today and taking only 35h to get there) costs $3k. Source: your favourite meta-search. And since I work for one, I won't link any :).
olegkikin 10y ago
It was around $3-4K, in the summer, and it was from Kauai.

cdubzzz 10y ago

Not flying, but my worst travel experience ever was a 30 hour bus ride from Ouagadougou to Cape Coast. It's normally a bit shorter, but our bus was held up by highway robbers, who took all of my money.

seanmcdirmid 10y ago
Topper :) Though I would guess many developing world travel experiences are bad, while we are talking about first world problems here.
- lisper 10y ago
  If you're including non-flight travel, I don't think you can beat Pitcairn Island in terms of sheer PITA-factor to get there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7MWxADnko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7MWxADnko
- cdubzzz 10y ago
  Haha, I was originally going to comment about how you can always find a topper online. But in my case I get the story (no one was physically harmed, at least, and the police got there quickly). I'll take that over op's 81 hours of airline travel.