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H.P. Hovercraft posted:does first class still give you unlimited free booze? i got upgraded once over a decade ago and the dude next to me ordered 3 bottles of wine lol
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Oct 4, 2023 20:19
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Mortgage rates just hit 8%
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Oct 4, 2023 20:19
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I took a flight recently and instead of offering an upgrade fee, the airline emailed me and asked me to put in a "bid" for it, and I guess whoever puts in the highest bid wins the seat lol. I tried to bit $10 and was told the minimum was $950.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:20
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I think that Private Air Travel will replace First Class, First Class will start to look more and more like what Coach looks like now, and Coach will be an entire plane that is standing room only e: also you fly with loose luggage and packages
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Oct 4, 2023 20:20
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Xaris posted:I dunno I’m too poor to ever find out, I’d guess probably not. if someone has $2000 to blow on 1-13 hr seat, then they have money to blow on lovely booze Almost everybody up there is just travelling for work. Most expense policies won't cover you drinking $200 of booze by yourself but will cover a $2,000 plane ticket, so the booze is still free. I travel very rarely for work but a boring job at an insurance company still paid for me to fly business and I got to try every drink offered on an Air Canada flight. Turns out they try hard to stock authentic Canadian wine, which happens to be awful.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:22
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Xaris posted:I dunno I’m too poor to ever find out, I’d guess probably not. if someone has $2000 to blow on 1-13 hr seat, then they have money to blow on lovely booze domestic first probably gets you unlimited drinks but even those tickets will usually push $1k unless you're going to the middle of nowhere. international first class to most desirable destinations is $4-7k now. but yeah the alcohol is usually bad Pepe Silvia Browne posted:I think that Private Air Travel will replace First Class, First Class will start to look more and more like what Coach looks like now, and Coach will be an entire plane that is standing room only economy is miserable, economy plus is basically economy. also expect many more a321 planes with a 2x2 single aisle configuration for 5-6 hour flights in coming years.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:23
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Twerk from Home posted:Almost everybody up there is just travelling for work. Most expense policies won't cover you drinking $200 of booze by yourself but will cover a $2,000 plane ticket, so the booze is still free. lol when i was studying german it was fun to learn that Canadian Mist means Canadian poo poo
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Oct 4, 2023 20:27
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Student Loan Payments
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Oct 4, 2023 20:28
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err posted:Mortgage rates just hit 8% i thought it hit 7.5 
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Oct 4, 2023 20:28
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I did a weekday redeye cross country flight and 1st class wasn't terribly expensive so I got to try it out to knock it off the bucket list. I definitely got free booze.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:29
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In Training posted:I took a flight recently and instead of offering an upgrade fee, the airline emailed me and asked me to put in a "bid" for it, and I guess whoever puts in the highest bid wins the seat lol. I tried to bit $10 and was told the minimum was $950. Yeah I've tried to bid on the open first class seats before but for some reason my lowball offers never win out. Anyway I usually shell out for the "extra comfort" row so my knees aren't brutally annihilated. I think those used to be regular seats near emergency exits that you could just select like any other but airlines realized they were leaving money on the table.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:32
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:I think that Private Air Travel will replace First Class, First Class will start to look more and more like what Coach looks like now, and Coach will be an entire plane that is standing room only  there's definitely gaps in between the seat cushions that lets the person on top unleash the full force of their sbarro fueled farts on to the person below
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Oct 4, 2023 20:32
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Beached Whale posted:
This will only work pricing wise once the airlines are able to reliability identify perverts who crave a face full of stranger's rear end for hours.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:34
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Being forced to huff the farts of your betters is the guiding principle for American capitalism. To whit: Return to office push from President all the way on down to the local mayor. And this will happen, due to the change in air pressure. It's unavoidable.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:35
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we're going to vacuum seal you in a bag and feed you by IV while we hang you on a rack with hundreds of other strangers and by the way this process was NOT designed by a sadistic pervert actually
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Oct 4, 2023 20:36
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Twerk from Home posted:This will only work pricing wise once the airlines are able to reliability identify perverts who crave a face full of stranger's rear end for hours. The demo will self-select and drive up demand for the seat and their algorithms will just start charging more for these seats. Now the real premium will in be selecting what gender and age (  ) is sitting in front of you.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:37
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they aren't even trying. i just doubled their profits.  
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Oct 4, 2023 20:41
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err posted:Mortgage rates just hit 8% $MOVE is also going nuts
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Oct 4, 2023 20:42
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:they buy it to feel superior yeah I'm 6'2" and sitting in economy loving sucks balls, but ok
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Oct 4, 2023 20:42
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RadiRoot posted:they aren't even trying. i just doubled their profits. 
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Oct 4, 2023 20:43
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actionjackson posted:yeah I'm 6'2" and sitting in economy loving sucks balls, but ok i'm 6'2" too you big baby
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Oct 4, 2023 20:44
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Beached Whale posted:
I think the funniest part aside from gas-blasting (airlines make everyone gassy ontop of lovely Americana diets) is that the seats look like they’re STILL designed to recline so you can just entomb someone by reclining the seat over their head
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Oct 4, 2023 20:44
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$MOVE also diverged from VIX in the same way it does before a very bloody few days. Past performance is no guarantee for the future or whatever
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Oct 4, 2023 20:45
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:i'm 6'2" too you big baby if you're flying and can afford it, sitting in first is absolutely worth it.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:46
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actionjackson posted:if you're flying and can afford it, sitting in first is absolutely worth it. i'm not flying and i can't afford it, enjoy lording over us poors
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Oct 4, 2023 20:46
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I'm 6'8 and fold myself into an origami crane to get into the seats but you don't see me posting about it Wait
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Oct 4, 2023 20:46
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Mr Hootington posted:$MOVE also diverged from VIX in the same way it does before a very bloody few days. good. VIX needs to go up already
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Oct 4, 2023 20:48
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used to fly lufthansa business from europe to hk in the 00s. lots of space, free booze, good food and you could put the seat all the way down to make it a bed. extremely ftw
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Oct 4, 2023 20:49
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Beached Whale posted:
planes dont have enough room in them to accommodate doing this without, like, removing baggage/stowage both above and below the passenger deck. thats okay though, theyll just offer a bonus price discount for not being able to physically carry your baggage hell why not do it fifth element style and lay everyone in pods four people deep
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Oct 4, 2023 20:49
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:i'm not flying and i can't afford it, enjoy lording over us poors ? ok
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Oct 4, 2023 20:50
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day 2 of major LTL carrier Estes network down due to cyberattack. been a great few months in LTL world.
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Oct 4, 2023 20:57
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somebody please post slaveship.png
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Oct 4, 2023 20:58
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There are fewer houses available on the market than have been in a long time. Prices havent corrected. Rates are pricing out buyers. Those people with sub 4% arent selling. AS SOON as prices correct or rates drop, demand will increase tenfold. Homes on the market likely won't, because people dont want to sell current home with low rate for new home with higher rate/price. So supply will fall even more, prices will go higher. All the people "waiting for rates to come down" will be priced out, again.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:13
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err posted:There are fewer houses available on the market than have been in a long time. Prices havent corrected. Rates are pricing out buyers. Those people with sub 4% arent selling. AS SOON as prices correct or rates drop, demand will increase tenfold. Homes on the market likely won't, because people dont want to sell current home with low rate for new home with higher rate/price. So supply will fall even more, prices will go higher. All the people "waiting for rates to come down" will be priced out, again. thats what i figure after waiting years. and if it does go down then there goes my job probably.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:19
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Also existing homeowners fight new construction tooth and nail and whatever supply does get added disappears into landlords and airbnb
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Oct 4, 2023 21:20
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number up! 🎉
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Oct 4, 2023 21:21
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Justin Tyme posted:planes dont have enough room in them to accommodate doing this without, like, removing baggage/stowage both above and below the passenger deck. thats okay though, theyll just offer a bonus price discount for not being able to physically carry your baggage yeah, these stupid designs are always 100% nonstarter ideas because they are impossible to certify, take up too much space, too heavy, too complicated to remove, impede egress, ect the list goes on and on and I think they end up doing these just to get attention at conferences and investors to sink into their companies
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Oct 4, 2023 21:33
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my suspicion is that the real money making evil airline experience will be some sort of windowless plane which requires you to sit and watch ads the entire time unless you pay to opt out of it edit: with even less legroom
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Oct 4, 2023 21:35
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err posted:Mortgage rates just hit 8% 
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lmao
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