Last time I got there and boarded just in time. It was an early flight and I was running late so was the very last to board. About 30 minutes max I think from getting to the airport to getting to my seat, I think less but I wouldn’t suggest anyone do that with just any flight. About 30 or so minutes to getting picked up. Even if we take in showing up an two hours before and taking an hour to get out of the airport that’s still 5 vs 14 hours for essentially the same price.
See, it is not 2h it is 3h, at the very least, without any transfer times and in a very rushed setting even you would not recommend to others. Like I said, 1-3h for both airports have to be added to get to realistic travel times. And that is why HSR connections under 2h decimate flights on the same route and connections under 4h are still highly competitive.
For business travellers the benefits are even stronger. You spend most of the HSR travel time in your seat, so you can stay productive on your laptop for the whole time. When flying that is possible at best for some of the time the rest you have to change locations or wait but not long enough to get a lot done. Business class premiums are much higher on flights and transfer times for airports tend to be considerably longer, transit options tend to be much more overpriced …
I am not sure why you still insist on comparing flights to slow trains when this thread is exclusively about HSR. No one here, except for you, is talking about the underdevevloped infrastructure the US has today. We are talking about the rail infrastructure one would expect in a developed country on these corridors. And proper HSR would need 4h from San Diego to SF (conventional one, not even talking about Maglev). With LA being located in the 1.5-2.5h range to both. You can get through the stations in minutes as well. So add 20 min or so to that time if you will.
Personally I’m not able to get much work done in transit. A more stationary setting is better for me personally which is why less time in transit towards the perspective of productivity is in the discussion.
You do you, although I am not sure what the issue is with business class HSR, it is silent, you hardly feel that you are moving at all. This isn’t a plane after all or some rundown heritage train.
Anyhow, as I wrote above, you don’t spend less time in transit with proper HSR on the corridor you chose yourself.
Last time I got there and boarded just in time. It was an early flight and I was running late so was the very last to board. About 30 minutes max I think from getting to the airport to getting to my seat, I think less but I wouldn’t suggest anyone do that with just any flight. About 30 or so minutes to getting picked up. Even if we take in showing up an two hours before and taking an hour to get out of the airport that’s still 5 vs 14 hours for essentially the same price.
See, it is not 2h it is 3h, at the very least, without any transfer times and in a very rushed setting even you would not recommend to others. Like I said, 1-3h for both airports have to be added to get to realistic travel times. And that is why HSR connections under 2h decimate flights on the same route and connections under 4h are still highly competitive.
For business travellers the benefits are even stronger. You spend most of the HSR travel time in your seat, so you can stay productive on your laptop for the whole time. When flying that is possible at best for some of the time the rest you have to change locations or wait but not long enough to get a lot done. Business class premiums are much higher on flights and transfer times for airports tend to be considerably longer, transit options tend to be much more overpriced …
I am not sure why you still insist on comparing flights to slow trains when this thread is exclusively about HSR. No one here, except for you, is talking about the underdevevloped infrastructure the US has today. We are talking about the rail infrastructure one would expect in a developed country on these corridors. And proper HSR would need 4h from San Diego to SF (conventional one, not even talking about Maglev). With LA being located in the 1.5-2.5h range to both. You can get through the stations in minutes as well. So add 20 min or so to that time if you will.
Personally I’m not able to get much work done in transit. A more stationary setting is better for me personally which is why less time in transit towards the perspective of productivity is in the discussion.
You do you, although I am not sure what the issue is with business class HSR, it is silent, you hardly feel that you are moving at all. This isn’t a plane after all or some rundown heritage train.
Anyhow, as I wrote above, you don’t spend less time in transit with proper HSR on the corridor you chose yourself.