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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I don't know what it is, but aside from the side effects of nicotine addiction and access problems in these spaces(which, whatever, I get it), transportation hubs (airports, train stations, ferry terminals, etc.) are my favourite places to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

public transport in general is just nice because you're around other people, the idea of sitting isolated in a car for hours on a highway fills me with primordial dread

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have it the oposite way :( Especially the airports, they pressent themselves as this beautiful, clean location for happy traveling people. In reality it looks more like in the picture, people beeing on the edge of collapse, exhausted, living like shit

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I've always felt like they just present themselves as transportation hubs and that's it. They're often very utilitarian and full of signage and whatnot. Remind me of other transport terminals.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As a frequent flyer with lounge access I tend to agree. When I want to be alone with a movie or something, I can be, and when I feel like having a (free!) beer where the people are, I can do that too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I liked to think that I was a frequent flyer but the bar is set so high. I flew twice a week, every week, for nearly a year straight at my job. Only made it up to Delta Gold status recently and I can't even access the lounge.

I already spent nearly a year of my life living in a hotel and I'm not even in the top tiers of the travel world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Airline status is a joke these days. If you don't have their credit card it's basically impossible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about Delta (never flown with them), but with my usual airlines it's not just the frequency, but also distance and ticket type.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah I was flying domestic 600 mile (965 km) flights across the country in main cabin sardine class so I probably wasn't racking up miles that well.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You don't spend enough. Try being rich next time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's pretty much it. There was a WSJ article about this very thing: frequent flyer miles are more based on spending with the airline CC then by actually flying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That's the spirit!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm so angry Delta removed lounge access from Amex Platinum card holders.