The problem is that air travel is not all that glamorous today, for one thing because in real dollar terms it's much cheaper than it was 30-35 years ago when the term "the jet set" was coined. Then the "jet set" of frequent flyers, particularly frequent international flyers, was heavily weighted toward the rich, the famous, and the busily-employed, and so part of the glamour of air travel was the chance of flying with someone famous on the same plane. You can get a sense of how exclusive flying was by looking at how small the planes and the airport waiting areas were.

In 1960 I would have said that the glamour route was the Pacific crossing: rarer, longer, and more exotic. I would rate LHR-LAX as the nearest thing to a glamour route today on commercial aircraft. Real glamour today is being a guest on someone's private jet flying to London.



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"Yes, but at least mine will be found in a first class seat." -- Peattie and Taylor