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The cost of "missing a flight" varies hugely. In some cases it just means I arrive 3 hours late to a meeting I wasn't that interest in being at in the first pla
by dagw 5y ago
The cost of "missing a flight" varies hugely. In some cases it just means I arrive 3 hours late to a meeting I wasn't that interest in being at in the first place. In other cases it means I miss my connecting flight, have to pay out of pocket for a new flight and a hotel and miss one day of my big holiday that I've been looking forwards to all year.
- Dylan16807 5y agoWell the suggestion wasn't that you cut every flight closely, it's more that you should bring your average down. For the purpose of the direct trade-off, pick a median flight.
- dagw 5y agoI also guess that people who hold those opinions mostly travel for work, don't pay for their own tickets and have the sort of job where showing up a bit late for meetings once in a while won't get you fired. So for them missing a flight is like me missing a buss. For most people their 'median' flight is taking them to their special vacation they've been saving up for and planning for years.
- Dylan16807 5y agoWell again "If the number of samples is very low then the saying wouldn't apply yet." If you'd trade x hundred hours for a missed flight, and cutting that close would have only saved you 15 airport hours in your entire life, then you're doing fine! > For most people their 'median' flight is taking them to their special vacation they've been saving up for and planning for years. If you go on at least one flight a year, you can name a number of hours. It'll just be higher than business guy. If you don't even fly that much, then you're exempt from question.