On 8/6/2019 10:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/6/2019 10:08 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2019-08-06 7:48 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-08-06 8:38 p.m., graham wrote:
>>>> On 2019-08-06 5:10 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two friends who went to New Zealand last winter.Â* One is
>>>>> rather frugal and went coach.Â* The other is a retired airline pilot
>>>>> and one of his retirement perks is an fantastic discount on a
>>>>> flight once a year. Since his daughter lives in NZ. Last year he
>>>>> flew from Toronto to Vancouver,to Perth and on to Aukland. His
>>>>> total airfare for him and his wife was under $400, and that
>>>>> included individual pods. The guy who went coach had briefly
>>>>> considered a pod until he heard the cost... $1500.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> For that distance it's worth it!
>>>
>>> That's $1500 per person each way.
>>
>> Each "helluva long" way!!!
>
> Depends on how much $6000 means to you.Â* I could take a nice vacation
> for 2 or 3 weeks on that.Â* I'll play sardine to not spend it on a nice
> seat but on other parts of a vacation.Â* Different priorities.
>
I hear that, Ed! I'd rather take a leisurely road trip, stopping at
interesting little out of the way places (and discovering fun little
diners) along the way.

Jill