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fragmedelast Monday at 11:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

Shorter, no, but having a private cabin with a shower, and a lounge with a bartender on the plane, not to mention Starlink, would make those 12 hours a lot more bearable vs 12 in an economy seat.


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throwaway2037yesterday at 1:38 PM

    > having a private cabin with a shower
AFAIK: Showers are only available to first class customers flying via the major Gulf carriers. I checked Google flights for business class and first class tickets between Tokyo and London. Business is about 5,000 USD and first class is about 10,000 USD. Assuming that we are talking about first class here (to satisfy your shower requirement), what kind of developer is hacking code at 10,000 meters in first class... except... hmm... Mitchell Hashimoto?
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stymaaryesterday at 10:22 AM

Sure, but it would also make it much more expensive than a supersonic flight…