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When you travel by air, do you seek the least amount of time to get to your destination, or do you seek the lowest total price?  Or do you seek something(s) else?

Does it matter if it is business or personal travel?

Does it matter if it is a long flight or not?

Does the number of flight segments (stops) matter much to you, or only if you must change planes?

Being in the UK and only near a regional airport I don't have the luxury of choice as there is usually only one carrier per route. If there is a plane going near to where I want to be then I'll take that one. Luckily our low cost carriers are pretty cheap anyway, I can fly from Newcastle to Milan and back for £69 and it's only a 2 hour flight. Perks of being in europe!

Quote from: Stottie Girl on Yesterday at 02:42:40 PMBeing in the UK and only near a regional airport I don't have the luxury of choice as there is usually only one carrier per route. If there is a plane going near to where I want to be then I'll take that one. Luckily our low cost carriers are pretty cheap anyway, I can fly from Newcastle to Milan and back for £69 and it's only a 2 hour flight. Perks of being in europe!

I heard that France banned short haul flights a year or so ago.  You must take the train or some other mode of transportation. 

Travelling too and from Thailand I've definitely booked a straight through flight which is 13 hours! Its a bit more expensive but owing to getting GRS I will need comfort for sure.

I have done a split flight from Orlando before with work as was bundled with a hotel. It was easy though because both flights were on the same concourse at Chicago o'hare and bags transited!

If bags don't transit its a pain.

Charlotte 😻

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on Yesterday at 02:54:01 PMI heard that France banned short haul flights a year or so ago.  You must take the train or some other mode of transportation. 

Yes that is true although it's only for internal flights where travelling by train would take less than 2.5 hours. French TGV trains are staggeringly fast though and all in all it is a far nicer way to travel.

Travelling by rail is prohibitively expensive here in the uk unfortunatly. It isn't subsidisded like it is elsewhere in europe. plus outside of southern england there isn't a great rail network, It's mainly just the two east and west coast lines with a few cross country lines. We used to have a rail network that was the envy of the world until the beaching cuts in the 60's dismantled most of the regional lines.

I try to balance lay overs and price. I want as few as possible. I can get from coast to coast with 1 lay over. Being close to Orlando and Tampa I have a great options.

It has been so long since I flew anywhere that I don't have a "usually".  The last two flights I did were to Montreal for my GRS and a followup a year later.  I picked a flight that was at a convenient time and went with the cheapest fare.

I don't really have a reason to fly anywhere.  The USA is out for obvious reasons.  Within Canada, my brothers and I mostly ignore each other (no hostility, just no closeness), so I have no reason to visit them.  And international travel is too expensive and too environmentally costly.

For short distances it is almost just as quick to drive straight from home and back than to go to the airport, maybe park if not ride share, check in, wait, the flight, then the reverse.
Also avoids car rental or ride share at your destination.

It may depend on what your schedule is for that trip, weather, etc. too.

Flying scares the life out of me. Only done it twice, Isle of Man for TT week and Northern Ireland for a week in Belfast with my one time best friend. Both times from Blackpool, the airport is now closed to passenger traffic.
Although I dislike flying I have an interest in WW2 allied aircraft and enjoy making 1/72 scale models. Building a Tamiya Mosquito fighter bomber just now and repairing a Beaufort that got knocked off the shelf.

Quote from: big kim on Today at 12:49:24 AMFlying scares the life out of me. Only done it twice, Isle of Man for TT week and Northern Ireland for a week in Belfast with my one time best friend. Both times from Blackpool, the airport is now closed to passenger traffic.
Although I dislike flying I have an interest in WW2 allied aircraft and enjoy making 1/72 scale models. Building a Tamiya Mosquito fighter bomber just now and repairing a Beaufort that got knocked off the shelf.

Here's my Tamiya Mosqito (excuse the dust!)

(https://i.ibb.co/5XMGYN9v/PXL-20260503-090206117-MP.jpg)

I end up flying several times a year. Ive gotten to the point I'm under impressed

Quote from: Stottie Girl on Today at 04:05:28 AMHere's my Tamiya Mosqito (excuse the dust!)

(https://i.ibb.co/5XMGYN9v/PXL-20260503-090206117-MP.jpg)

That's a good build, well done. I built the Airfix Mosquito PRXVI in a colourful red tailed American version.
Just started the Tamiya FBvi its getting aftermarket decals and a silver paint job for one in India near the end of the war

I avoid flying if able, preferring to drive. Some trips you can't skip flying though.

I had one incident where we were flying into Gary Indiana, we hit an air pocket and the aircraft dropped. The food service cart bounced off the ceiling of the cabin and attendants were diving into open seats without caring who they ran over. The cart thankfully came back down in the aisle without hitting anyone. It felt like one of the roller coasters where you have zero gravity. We went through a few more air pockets, but they were less aggressive than the first one.

I had to fly this time due to the military moving me somewhere. I have flown since, but generally avoid it.

The aircraft came in for a landing pointing way towards the left and only straightened out just prior to touching down due to severe crosswinds. The flight resumed later without any further incidents.

This happened maybe 3 decades ago. 💚