Originally Posted by
eigenvector
30 years is not enough to explore all of Banff, still doesn't mean that a 3 day trip isn't worth it. People who live in Calgary day trip to Banff all the time.
Some people need 3 days just to get settled after the inconvenience of travelling, personally I don't care. I will fly to Asia and put it in a full day of sightseeing after arriving on a redeye flight. There's plenty of time to sleep when you're dead.
Even though we have taken weekend trips from NYC to PAR and ROM in Y before the cc game, I have to say our perspective has changed since we started flying in premium cabins.
If we are flying in C or higher, where we go and how far it is doesn't matter very much. I've lhad overnight flights from EZE and TLV, come home, showered, and went straight to work. A few weeks ago, we flew from Krueger to JNB, took a layover tour of the city (we only spent 3 hrs seeing Jo'burg and Soweto - gasp!), and then flew for 16 hrs back to JFK. I got home, showered, and spent the next 8 hrs poking people with needles and drills and blades.
I'll take a daytime Y flight, but there is a massive difference between cattle class and a flat bed on an overnight flight, as all of you are aware.
Most people have never turned left when they enter the plane, and don't understand that perspective.
Maybe that's why they feel the need to settle down after a trip, and we're ready to go.