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Amazing how other people must live!
Dec. 31st, 2008 12:32 pmI'm looking at airfares for travel in February. I can get a round trip to the UK for ~$550 coach.
I was curious to see what the business rate would be. Around $5,000. A factor of ten! Jebus Xmas!
And first class? $6,000 to $15,000.
$15,000? For a single round-trip airplane seat? From one big city int he first world to another. No sherpas needed, no native guides included, no danger fee for landing in a war zone. $15,000.
I can't really begin to imagine paying that kind of money for a trip.
But I can begin to understand how people can make seven-figure incomes and think it's "not enough".
Edit: That's not even the worst of it. The flights at the higher rates are LONGER! They go through many more connections. A first class fare that cost $6,200 was proposing to keep me int he airline system for over 29 hours, with flights from DC to Atlanta, Atlanta to Paris, and Paris to Edinburgh. Some of the economy fares, costing 1/10 as much, were less than 9.5 hours: A THIRD of the time, for a tenth the cost. That's INSANE!
I was curious to see what the business rate would be. Around $5,000. A factor of ten! Jebus Xmas!
And first class? $6,000 to $15,000.
$15,000? For a single round-trip airplane seat? From one big city int he first world to another. No sherpas needed, no native guides included, no danger fee for landing in a war zone. $15,000.
I can't really begin to imagine paying that kind of money for a trip.
But I can begin to understand how people can make seven-figure incomes and think it's "not enough".
Edit: That's not even the worst of it. The flights at the higher rates are LONGER! They go through many more connections. A first class fare that cost $6,200 was proposing to keep me int he airline system for over 29 hours, with flights from DC to Atlanta, Atlanta to Paris, and Paris to Edinburgh. Some of the economy fares, costing 1/10 as much, were less than 9.5 hours: A THIRD of the time, for a tenth the cost. That's INSANE!
