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Is it really any worse than the cattle-car experience of air travel in the US? I take the bus semi-regularly and while far from luxury, I don't find it any less

Is it really any worse than the cattle-car experience of air travel in the US? I take the bus semi-regularly and while far from luxury, I don't find it any less appalling than what Alaska / United / et al. dish out.

xeromal 9y ago
At least with flying, I don't have to worry that some hobo will steal my bags between "layovers" using the bus.
- HarryHirsch 9y ago
  Nah, when flying it's the TSA that pilfers your stuff. At Newark they had a theft ring going for years, the victims were elderly Indians going home: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/convicted-tsa-officer-reveals-secrets-thefts-airports/story?id=17339513 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/convicted-tsa-officer-reveals-...
- darklajid 9y ago
  I literally settled yesterday for a far too small amount with Turkish Airlines, because my bag got "lost" four weeks ago (Frankfurt-Istanbul-Singapore). So .. yeah. I'm convinced it was stolen. And the airlines treat you like crap when that happens, basically shrug and do nothing for a month.
brandonmenc 9y ago
I used to ride Greyhound when I couldn't afford to fly, years ago. There is no comparison. The bus is worse. > cattle-car experience of air travel Being herded in and out of a Greyhound at 3 AM by a pissed off driver is literally a cattle-car experience, and happens often. I've only encountered smiling faces and helpful attitudes from flight attendants and pilots. It's night and day.
- duckwheat 9y ago
  I was also a frequent Greyhound rider, mostly during and right after college (2000 - 2007 maybe). It was overall an awful experience, and in general took about 3x the time of driving a car. You do end up with about one crazy story per 8 hours travelled though.
  - cmurf 9y ago
    Smoke breaks. I think a near majority of Greyhound riders smoke. And dang, Germans and French smoke way more than Americans - it's almost like they don't know or care that it'll kill you, and make you cough badly enough it sounds like you're dying. Somehow I kinda doubt it'll be any faster on a FlixBus.
    - konschubert 9y ago
      Flixbus coaches do not do smoke breaks.
      - cmurf 9y ago
        Well then it has the potential to be a buttton faster than Greyhound.

xeromal 9y ago

At least with flying, I don't have to worry that some hobo will steal my bags between "layovers" using the bus.

HarryHirsch 9y ago
Nah, when flying it's the TSA that pilfers your stuff. At Newark they had a theft ring going for years, the victims were elderly Indians going home: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/convicted-tsa-officer-reveals-secrets-thefts-airports/story?id=17339513 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/convicted-tsa-officer-reveals-...
darklajid 9y ago
I literally settled yesterday for a far too small amount with Turkish Airlines, because my bag got "lost" four weeks ago (Frankfurt-Istanbul-Singapore). So .. yeah. I'm convinced it was stolen. And the airlines treat you like crap when that happens, basically shrug and do nothing for a month.

brandonmenc 9y ago

I used to ride Greyhound when I couldn't afford to fly, years ago. There is no comparison. The bus is worse. > cattle-car experience of air travel Being herded in and out of a Greyhound at 3 AM by a pissed off driver is literally a cattle-car experience, and happens often. I've only encountered smiling faces and helpful attitudes from flight attendants and pilots. It's night and day.

duckwheat 9y ago
I was also a frequent Greyhound rider, mostly during and right after college (2000 - 2007 maybe). It was overall an awful experience, and in general took about 3x the time of driving a car. You do end up with about one crazy story per 8 hours travelled though.
- cmurf 9y ago
  Smoke breaks. I think a near majority of Greyhound riders smoke. And dang, Germans and French smoke way more than Americans - it's almost like they don't know or care that it'll kill you, and make you cough badly enough it sounds like you're dying. Somehow I kinda doubt it'll be any faster on a FlixBus.
  - konschubert 9y ago
    Flixbus coaches do not do smoke breaks.
    - cmurf 9y ago
      Well then it has the potential to be a buttton faster than Greyhound.