I hate the airline industry these days. Everyone books over capacity with no equipment if there is a breakdown. Travelers can get stranded for days by a simple wind event. Airlines cram everyone to capacity (and beyond). If the travel time is 6 hours or less I would rather drive or even train if there were better train options. But really what are the alternatives beyond WFH? I would almost rather take an apartment in the city I am working in but have other family members to consider.

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I’ve been booking exclusively first class because of this - they’re much better at rebooking you

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This. I had a tough time living in the squalor of my slum type apartment. So I decided to change that and moved to a luxury penthouse.

Sometimes the easy solutions are staring right in front of us.

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Tough to control weather, but agreed on over booking

Fly enough to get status and they’ll take care of you

Sounds like you fly United or American

The short term approach and covid challenges have exacerbated this but this is less an issue with Delta, Southwest, and Alaska.

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