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Originally Posted by Sliver
Nah, flying is great in that it is accessible to people in a way broader wealth bracket than ever before.
You ever see those photos from the 60s when everyone flying had tons of room, the food was delicious and they were all dressed super dapper? Yeah, those planes were filled with super wealthy people.
The fancy experience is still there, but as it has always been, you have to pay for it. You can get first class. Hell, you can charter a private jet if you want.
Or, you can pay rock-bottom prices for a rock-bottom experience.
I like that it's more accessible now and cheaper than ever.
I remember paying $1600 return to Berlin in 1995 when I was 18. That's $3373 in today's dollars. I just went to Expedia and punched in that flight and I can get it today for $1377.
It just gets cheaper and cheaper and cheaper and has for my whole life.
The deluxe experience gets better and better and better (my wife slept in a pod to Paris last year with her work), but it doesn't come cheap.
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This is bang-on. Modern air travel is a freakin' miracle! It seems beyond ridiculous to complain about the state of air travel while simultaneously expecting to fly halfway around the world for a few hundred dollars... If that's what you want, you'll have to temper your expectations some.
Piggybacking off your post, I just randomly checked Calgary to Paris, direct, in January is $600... The flight's 9hrs, so that's less than $70/hr... to be hurled through the atmosphere at 900km/h, while watching some movies and having some snacks.
FFS, it costs $15/hr to watch a movie in a theatre.
Flying doesn't have to suck.