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It amazes me that high paid SV techies won’t pay more to fly in premium or business
by hdgvhicv 9mo ago
It 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.