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> I've yet to find a better way to instantly time-travel forward 12 hours I find it very hard to use a computer in the cramped tables of the plane. And the per
by SilverElfin 9mo ago
> I've yet to find a better way to instantly time-travel forward 12 hours
I find it very hard to use a computer in the cramped tables of the plane. And the person in front always ends up aggressively reclining only when I have a laptop out. Plus I feel bad that maybe my bright light is disturbing the people sleeping next to me.
- hdgvhicv 9mo agoIt amazes me that high paid SV techies won’t pay more to fly in premium or business
- SilverElfin 9mo agoIt’s incredibly expensive on international flights, right? A 12 hour flight sounds like something that would cost thousands for business class.
- hdgvhicv 9mo agoI consider SV property incredibly expensive but people pay it.
- stevage 9mo agoI remember being a high paid techie getting 19 hours of paid work done between Melbourne and New York, on a laptop in economy (and a long layover in LAX due to a storm). It was fricking glorious, most productive day of my life.
- cyphar 9mo agoBusiness class flights from Sydney to San Francisco cost A$6k, 6-10x as much as economy. Flights from Sydney to Europe are more like 3-4x (A$7k vs A$2k) but still ludicrously expensive. Good luck convincing your company to expense that for work trips, and most of us don't have SV salaries. Honestly, I still manage to get some work done on long flights, the more annoying thing is flights which don't have power outlets or WiFi. If you are a point hacker you could spend the points on upgrades (which tend to give you better rates than buying base tickets) but then you're paying for a minor comfort improvement that you wouldn't pay for normally -- which is a textbook example of induced consumption and is playing into exactly how airlines want you to use points.
- bpye 9mo ago> flights which don't have power outlets Or ones which do but the outlets are so loose they are practically useless.
- dbetteridge 9mo agoNot everyone on hackernews is paid SV salaries? That plus flights from Australia are expensive enough in economy, business class is easily 4-10x that cost.
- fc417fc802 9mo agoAren't there any airlines traveling to and from Australia that offer something midway in between sardine and business class?
- dbetteridge 9mo agoPremium economy is a thing, but debatable on the sardine thing. Basically closer to "old economy", where you have leg room and real utensils
- hdgvhicv 9mo agoQantas offer premium economy, about 39” leg room and a few extra inches of width. If I travel long haul personally I will always go business, booked wel in advance. It’s rare enough that the extra cost is worthwhile. Others spend the money on fancy cars instead.
- pintxo 9mo agoNot everyone on here is necessarily from SV?
- bpye 9mo agoWhen I fly transatlantic I don't mind paying to get an exit row or bulkhead seat, but even just premium economy is a much more significant increase in cost over economy, at least flying from Canada.