Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft

Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by sandworm101 on Friday March 22, 2024 @05:29PM (#39795058)

Travel on first class. It is a different thing, especially internationally. You don't wait in line for check-in. You don't deal with security the same way. You don't deal with immigration the same way. You don't wait around hours for your bags to come out the chute. You don't get bumped off of flights, nor do your bags. It saves hours, even on the shortest flights. When companies send their people first class it isn't about comfort so much as saving time and increasing reliability.

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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by dboreham on Saturday March 23, 2024 @02:45AM (#39797950)

Hmm. Some of this is true but I never saw 1st class immigration. Possibly you get in line first, but often there's an A380 worth of economy passengers there from another flight that landed 30min prior.

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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by ghaff on Saturday March 23, 2024 @09:07AM (#39799651)

Re-entering the US for US citizens, Global Entry. And, yes, getting off a plane first is usually an advantage for clearing immigration though not guaranteed to breeze through.

In general (leaving aside flying private) paying more money doesn't necessarily buy you a lot of time savings (especially if you're not the sort who tries to cut things close) but it can eliminate a lot of hassle/buy you a lot more comfort which is probably more important to me most of the time.

Priority bags/check-in does help but I try not to check luggage so really doesn't save me a lot of time at the end of the day.

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