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Originally Posted by Hehe
I don't know why anyone would pay that much for a commercial airline. With 46k roundtrip, you could be hiring your private jet rather than flying commercial for that same distance. Private charter runs about $3.5k an hour... assuming a 6hour flight from Dubai to LHR... and you get to fit 5+ people on the same plane
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1) Obviously not in yours or my budget - but to many people where money is not a problem....there's many other questionable purchases in our view too.
Private jet is actually upwards of $6k+/hr, and even more costly for airports like LHR.
2) Who pays for first class ticket anyways? it's all about churning credit cards for it's points
3) DXB-LHR is their launch route. They will eventually roll it out to longer routes like SYD etc where a) private jet might not have the range, b) where you would just prefer the stability of huge A380.
For a 14+ hr flight like those, a 'bedroom' would be quite a luxury compare to your typical J/F layflat bed.