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We have much better access to Asia. Can get a direct flight to Tokyo. Flying to Tokyo from New York or Philly sucks and I am happy to never have to do it again.
I flew Philly to Singapore via Dubai, and while it was horrible, the Pacific is enormous and much of the Asian destinations are so far south you can't use the "over the pole" cheat effectively. In the end, there's not a huge time difference. NYC to Singapore is 19 hours. San Franscisco to Singapore is 17.5.
The difference to Europe is far greater; traveling from the West coast vs the East coast can easily double your travel time.
Sure, but I go to Asia more than Europe. I can get to Japan in about 10 hours from Seattle. Not too shabby.
Just to clarify, you can get plenty of directs to Tokyo from the East Coast. I know Dulles and Newark at least. They’re 16 hour flights, but that’s what an in flight g&t and a prescription for a fistful of bars are for.
16 hour flights is more my point. I think never have I wanted to die so much as on a 17-hour flight from Philly to Tokyo. I swore to myself that I could never return to the US because I couldn't do that again. Obviously, I eventually got over it enough to return, but I don't think I could ever live on the east coast again as somebody who likes to at least occasionally get out to Japan.
I actually prefer not laying over when flying to the US East coast, but I also only use japanese airlines which tend to have higher quality food and service.
Oh, I do the same. They are much better than US airlines. But I start to get extremely uncomfortable after 6 hours on a plane and to go insane after about 10.