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So I can pay several thousand more for business class, or I can arrive a day early and pay <1k for an additional night + expenses. The math here is simple.

majewsky 8y ago
Only if you don't value your employee's time.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  If they cut me in on the savings, I’d be willing to deal with a lot. +$100/hr to sit with reduced leg room on any non-overnight flight? Sign me up. The same for flights requiring a connection. Want me to sit in an airport reading HN for +$20/hr? Ok.
  - treadventures 8y ago
    You might want to look into Rocketrip (https://www.rocketrip.com https://www.rocketrip.com). Their product is pretty much what you just described - you don't get straight cash, but you can get prepaid visa cards that get close.
    - Scoundreller 8y ago
      Cool product. My flights are generally personally booked, and I basically compare as I described. What I would like is an engine where I can punch in the various kinds of pain per hour I can tolerate and book that.
kcmastrpc 8y ago
> Only if you don't value your employee's time. I don't understand this logic. Time == money. Unless your presence is crucial and you must minimize your time away from your home office this approach seems the most logical and cost effective. I'm already 100% remote, so I can contribute effectively whether I'm at home or in a hotel recuperating from a 12 hour APAC flight in coach.
- ghaff 8y ago
  Yeah. I like flying business but with the exception of the rare tight schedule I’m almost always going to travel on a long trip a day or two early to adjust to time zones and otherwise acclimate anyway.
- anarazel 8y ago
  Flying business I can reasonably work during the flight, and for overnight flights I can sleep. Which reduces the productivity loss due to lack of sleep (I arrive with a few hours of sleep) and jetlag (adjustment happens quicker than when I didn't sleep for 30h and my schedule is entirely shot to hell). Whether you arrive early or not seems like a separate angle from whether it's worth having people fly business.
- Aeolun 8y ago
  This works perfectly fine, but I’d honestly want to minimize random time spent away from my wife and child. It’s ok if you only fly once in a blue moon, but if you have to travel multiple times a month, you cannot just keep padding every trip with 2 days extra.
namdnay 8y ago
Keep in mind that a day of work is charged between 1300 and 1500 USD to the client. So if you add an extra day of rest on each side there's not much difference
geodel 8y ago
Simple only for folks whose value of one day will be small fraction of business class ticket cost.

majewsky 8y ago

Only if you don't value your employee's time.

Scoundreller 8y ago
If they cut me in on the savings, I’d be willing to deal with a lot. +$100/hr to sit with reduced leg room on any non-overnight flight? Sign me up. The same for flights requiring a connection. Want me to sit in an airport reading HN for +$20/hr? Ok.
- treadventures 8y ago
  You might want to look into Rocketrip (https://www.rocketrip.com https://www.rocketrip.com). Their product is pretty much what you just described - you don't get straight cash, but you can get prepaid visa cards that get close.
  - Scoundreller 8y ago
    Cool product. My flights are generally personally booked, and I basically compare as I described. What I would like is an engine where I can punch in the various kinds of pain per hour I can tolerate and book that.

kcmastrpc 8y ago

> Only if you don't value your employee's time. I don't understand this logic. Time == money. Unless your presence is crucial and you must minimize your time away from your home office this approach seems the most logical and cost effective. I'm already 100% remote, so I can contribute effectively whether I'm at home or in a hotel recuperating from a 12 hour APAC flight in coach.

ghaff 8y ago
Yeah. I like flying business but with the exception of the rare tight schedule I’m almost always going to travel on a long trip a day or two early to adjust to time zones and otherwise acclimate anyway.
anarazel 8y ago
Flying business I can reasonably work during the flight, and for overnight flights I can sleep. Which reduces the productivity loss due to lack of sleep (I arrive with a few hours of sleep) and jetlag (adjustment happens quicker than when I didn't sleep for 30h and my schedule is entirely shot to hell). Whether you arrive early or not seems like a separate angle from whether it's worth having people fly business.
Aeolun 8y ago
This works perfectly fine, but I’d honestly want to minimize random time spent away from my wife and child. It’s ok if you only fly once in a blue moon, but if you have to travel multiple times a month, you cannot just keep padding every trip with 2 days extra.

namdnay 8y ago

Keep in mind that a day of work is charged between 1300 and 1500 USD to the client. So if you add an extra day of rest on each side there's not much difference

geodel 8y ago

Simple only for folks whose value of one day will be small fraction of business class ticket cost.