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When you can travel freely in an area basically the size of continental Europe without a passport, having one is not generally seen as a baseline requirement fo
by Kalium 8y ago
When you can travel freely in an area basically the size of continental Europe without a passport, having one is not generally seen as a baseline requirement for being a regular person. This is a major change in mentality from many places where countries are smaller and crossing them not a rare event.
There might be a minor distinction to be made between having a no interest in other cultures and having £1500 lying around to fly to London.
- raverbashing 8y ago> There might be a minor distinction to be made between having a no interest in other cultures and having £1500 lying around to fly to London. 1500? Easily doable for 500/600 return with some planning. I get those values when searching MIA-London in Google flights, doable with other cities as well
- astura 8y agoIf you live on the east coast you can get a discount flight to London for only $200 round trip. When these sales come up a group of my friends grabs tickets and go together, it's become a tradition.
- Kalium 8y agoSan Francisco to London can easily run $2000 coach. That said, you're absolutely right! It's always possible to find a way to get around for much less than typical full price, and you are very correct to note this. However, is it perhaps possible that the precise numbers might not be particularly relevant to the point? It's still at least an order of magnitude more than the cheap flight, for two major destination cities about as far apart and Detroit and Dallas.
- tim333 8y agoTrying randomly for Detroit to Dallas vs Detroit to London on Oct 1 it was £51 vs £133 single. The London routing involved changing in Reykjavik though.
- arcticfox 8y agoFor anyone curious how that ~$170 USD fare is possible, it's WOW airlines and doesn't even include an overhead bin. It's great that WOW exists as an option, but it's hardly standard. For example, from St. Louis, the cheapest round trip is in the ~$900 USD range.
- obscurantist 8y agoThe lack of overhead bins makes me go WOW.
- roel_v 8y agoYou don't need a passport (as a European) to travel within the EU either.
- dewey 8y agoThat used to be true but countries started checking again since the latest refugee crisis. Austria / Italy. Austria / Germany you definitely get checked if you travel by train and sometimes car.