I’m looking at going out to California after teaching FAA private pilot ground school (free and open to the public) at MIT. Here’s a guide to what an elite is willing to pay in order to avoid sitting with the peasants for 7 hours: $700/hr. Prices as of December 19, 2024:
Some “extra room” seats are still available on this flight:
So the alternative isn’t cramped torture.
Lie-flat seats on domestic flight? Didn’t know it exists. It’s a game changer for red-eyes, but I don’t fly them anymore – care about my sleep and health way more at this age.
The most atrocious business class I saw is in Europe – it is exact same seats with the middle seat blocked off (facepalm).
SK: the biggest carriers also have some lie-flat seats on domestic routes. Maybe it is because they pull some their planes off the transatlantic routes for the winter low season. https://thriftytraveler.com/guides/airlines/lie-flat-seats-domestic-routes/ (but I think United and Delta do it year-round for coast-to-coast as well on any route where there is an ample supply of passengers who are total douches (e.g., NY to LA))
Perhaps they do not consider Seattle worthy of this lavish extravaganza- never saw it on Delta flight from Seattle 😢
Seems a lot higher than 1st class 30 years ago, but a lot more media. Pays to travel on the dime of a non profit or St. Jude. The rest of us are praying for nvidia.
@PhilG Capitalism at work. With airline consolidation they work like a cartel.
How does this compare to the luxury offerings of the 1970s [1]?
From a quick Google search, it seems that luxury flights in the 1970s cost around $500, which would equate to roughly $3,500 in today’s Bidenmonies (soon to be Trumpmonies). If that’s accurate, the 1970s experience appears to have been far more luxurious than today’s “lie-flat seat” and “Mint” (whatever that means)!
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juUUayqVUTk&t=120s
Why would you want lie-flat seats on a daytime domestic flight? Maybe you are gonna enjoy some ketamine Musk-style?