"When people hear that I commute to work by plane, they often assume I have lots of money. Thanks to credit-card points, though, I often travel at virtually no cost. I've also developed best practices for saving money, like booking flights during seasonal sales. As a college professor who lives in Los Angeles but teaches in San Jose, I fly to work on a weekly basis."
"I used to live in the San Jose area before the COVID-19 pandemic, but when my workplace went remote, I moved about 350 miles away to Los Angeles. When remote work ended in 2021, I decided to stay in Los Angeles - largely because my husband and kids preferred Southern California and its proximity to our extended family. So, I had two options: drive over 10 hours a day in California's notorious traffic, or take a short flight there and back."
"Flying from Los Angeles to San Jose usually takes just over an hour, and the entire journey from my front door to my office rarely takes more than three. Usually, I'll fly out of Los Angeles International Airport, which is just 15 minutes from my house. Once I arrive, I take a bus from San Jose International Airport to the light rail station, which is just a 20-minute ride to campus."
A college professor who lives in Los Angeles commutes weekly to teach in San Jose by airplane. The move from San Jose to Los Angeles after remote work ended created a choice between long daily drives and short flights; the professor chose flying. Door-to-office travel rarely exceeds three hours because of short flight times and proximate airports. Cost-saving measures include using credit-card points, booking during seasonal sales, taking early outbound flights to reduce delay risk, avoiding the last return flight, and using bus and light rail for low-cost ground transit.
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