Last night, after the Mashable Bash in Tel Aviv, I spent some time with some of my old chip design buddies. We talked a lot about blogging and web 2.0 and that you need $80M to do a silicon-related startup. Naturally, since they are all senior managers, they gave me lots of action items for the blog. So, here are some topics that we will be researching and writing about over the coming weeks.
Feel free to comment and offer your help or advice:
- Non-US citizens have a big issue with time spent at immigration. People miss connections because of that. The story varies from airport to airport and would be an important factor in choosing a route.
- Legroom. Turns out tall people have long legs. And 12 hours is a long time to keep them folded and compressed. Which are the best seats (numbers please) on each of the popular routes. No disinformation to fellow readers, please.
- Probability of delay. Sometimes it is worth taking a longer or more expensive flight if the risk of serious delay is lower. Serious delay may mean missing a meeting or a day of work. This is a complex (NP complete?) problem and will probably have to wait until we have an actuary among our contributors.
- Non-stop from Europe. Why is there no non-stop flight from Europe to Las Vegas? What other big cities require a US connection?
- Online vs. Offline purchases. Everyone selects the best flights online. Where is the best place to buy – Online Travel Agent (Expedia..), Supplier Online (Continental), Offline Travel Agent (Murray).
- Alternate cities and drive. For the business traveler who can still afford a few hours of sightseeing. Can’t get a good connection to Seattle. Fly to Portland (PDX) and take a half day to enjoy the 160 miles drive. Lots to see on the way. What are some other good under 200 mile pairs?
- Moving around FF points till they are useful. There are lots of ways to transfer points between programs. Maybe you can transfer hard to use points on one airline to another. Requires lots of research.
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I hope you mean old in the sense that we know you (and put up with you) for many years and not in the chronological or geological sense
Your “old” pal
- Yigal
Good luck. Looks like a PhD level project.