Because flights are expensive enough that for most ordinary people missing one would set them back years or decades financially?

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sealeck 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If the median UK salary is >£35,000 I really wonder how arrive at the conclusion that missing a flight will set you back "years or decades"...

	▲	lmm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> If the median UK salary is >£35,000 I really wonder how arrive at the conclusion that missing a flight will set you back "years or decades"... Ok, now take that figure and deduct tax, housing, food, utilities and so on - how much do you think is disposable/saveable? And then take the typical cost of a last-minute replacement flight and compare those two numbers.

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yieldcrv 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

too hyperbolic to take seriously

it would be incredibly inconvenient, and maybe missing other parts of a full vacation would set them back, but thats not the only reason people buy flights