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> A flight from Los Angeles > to Tokyo would take about > five hours, compared with > almost 12 hours today Beating JAL or ANA first class, even
by peteretep 10y ago
> A flight from Los Angeles
> to Tokyo would take about
> five hours, compared with
> almost 12 hours today
Beating JAL or ANA first class, even with a seven hour reduction, will take some doing.
- Scaevolus 10y agoIt also overstates its effect on total travel time-- which includes all the other nonsense (like the TSA) and planned buffering against uncertain delays that makes it frustrating. You'll burn a day crossing the Pacific either way.
- ghaff 10y agoIt's not even so much TSA--getting through security in the US only takes me 5-10 minutes typically with Pre-Check. But I hate to feel like I'm rushing so I do build in buffer. I have to get to the gateway city (which is almost never Boston), with a reasonable allowance between flights. I'm an hour to the airport. Clearing immigration/customs can take a while. Getting into an Asian capitol from the airport can easily be another hour. As you say, even cutting out 5 to 6 hours isn't that big a deal.
- jrockway 10y agoAll you have to do to beat JAL first class is to set the cabin temperature to something less than 82 degrees. You basically make the mistake of flying JAL transpacific exactly once, cursing yourself for ignoring all the Flyertalk posts regarding their odd cabin temperature policy. I hate to say it, but American is way better in this regard.
- peteretep 10y agoYeah OK, conceded in the general sense, but I've found them responsive to adjustments in the last.