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What’s interesting about air travel is that it’s both a bad customer experience and expensive. I’m routinely paying several hundred dollars for a two hour fligh
by cainxinth 3y ago
What’s interesting about air travel is that it’s both a bad customer experience and expensive. I’m routinely paying several hundred dollars for a two hour flight that is cramped, delayed, and where passengers are shunted around like chattel.
Usually, when you pay through the nose for something, you at least get treated well.
- frantathefranta 3y agoYeah it's much easier to deal with terrible service when your return ticket with Ryanair doesn't cost more than 20 EUR. In the meantime the cheapest flight I was on in the US still cost $200.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoRyanair don't sell return tickets, they sell you two 'one way' tickets, last I checked. Don't know if that legally exempts them from refunding both if they had to refund one.
- gruez 3y agoIs it expensive on an absolute basis or on a relative basis? If getting a metal tube to fly through the air at 500 mph is expensive, then we shouldn't expect that you get a luxury experience just because the ticket price is $200 or whatever. Also, I checked on google flights and a 2 hour flight is roughly equal to an 11 hour drive. Even if you factor in arriving 3 hours early for departure and 1 hour to get to your final destination, the time savings alone is worth most of the cost of the trip. If you factor in gas/wear on your car it's a no-brainer, even if it's "expensive". [1] Chicago to washington DC [2] $200 round trip, $100 for one way, 5 hours * $15/hour = $75