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Well, over the past few years as our company has grown, I have had to travel a lot. And at first, you might think, well, that sounds kind of cool. But then you'd think, wait a minute, you're running a dealership. Why do you need to do so much traveling? Hold on, I'll explain. But first, let me give you some of the tips that I've learned in traveling this much. Now, these are based on my own personal experience, so obviously your mileage may vary using any of these tips. And second of all, I know this is a huge departure from our normal supercar content. So, to appease all the gear heads who just might be watching this, here's 10 15 seconds of supercars doing supercar things. (Watch below video!)
Okay, let's start off with the "why?"
Why is it that I have to travel so much?
Well, there are two primary reasons. The first of which is a few years ago, we made a very conscious decision that in this company we no longer will buy supercars unless we actually have someone physically go out and look at the car in person. So obviously that's not true for every car we buy, you know, but certainly any of the six figure cars, uh, we are absolutely going out there and it's worth the money for us to go investigate the car because if there's anything wrong with it, it offsets the cost and expenses of our travel with just one bad car. So obviously when it's like a 20 or $30,000 car, we're probably not going to go spend $200 to $3,000 on flights and hotels or even $1,500 on flights and hotels to go look at it. But as you can imagine, with our dealership expanding, we're selling somewhere closer to like 75 to 100 cars this year. So that's a lot of flights. That's 75 to 100 plus flights that might happen. Obviously, some of those cars are local and some other situations arise where we don't have to actually go travel to look at them. But that's the general gist of it.
Now, the second reason that we do a lot of traveling is our consultation service. So people hire us to go look at cars for them. And one of the things we do is a pre-purchase inspection and that's a PPI basically. So we might negotiate for them on a car and discuss all sorts of things about the car. And then of course the last thing that we do once we have a solid idea of this car is we'll actually fly out and go look at it. And that is what I just did last night and I flew back in this morning. So just got back in from going out to New York to go look at a car for a client. So these PPIs were doing a pretty substantial number of them. I'm going to say somewhere over 25 to 50 of them a year. So, you add the two together and now we're talking well over a hundred flights that are going to have to happen this year for for our company. So Josh and I kind of split those out and actually it was funny as we were looking at the data and it's almost exactly the same. So we basically do about half. So if we're doing a 100 cars inspections, whether it's for us or for clients a year, that's about 50 flights for me and about 50 flights for Josh. So the averages out to almost one a week. So it's slightly less than that. So as of today, I have done over 30 different itineraries. So that's out and back. So two, minimum of two flights per itinerary. So obviously with connections and stuff, you might have two flights going out, two flights coming back, something like that. So that means I've probably done somewhere in the range of close to a 60ish well 60 flights actual planes plus connections and stuff. I'm probably looking at close to like 100 planes so far this year. It's a lot of travel. So that means already this year I've racked up about a 100,000 miles on airplanes which is kind of crazy to think about. And I get it. I get it. There are some true road warriors out there that these are rookie numbers and they hear what I'm saying and they're like this is nothing. So, I'm not trying to say like this is me being badass or anything. I'm just trying to give you guys a good picture of what is actually going on. All right, so enough about that.
Let's talk about the tips and let's start off with generic tips that are good for everyone.
Tip number one, the first flight of the day is always the best flight of the day. So, why is that? Well, it's the most likely to be on time. Planes that are sitting overnight positioned for the next flight of the morning are usually ready to go the next morning. The one exception is, of course, if the crew times out or something like that, if they had a late night before or something, or if they couldn't get in town in time for the flight now, but generally speaking, most airlines want their first flight to start off on time because if it doesn't, it's really, really hard for that plane to catch up for the rest of the day. You know, it's going from place to place to place to place. So, if you start off behind the ball, you're going to have to cut out something somewhere, and there's not a whole lot of margin. Usually, these they've got them booked pretty much back to back to back all day long.
So my second tip is whenever possible, try your best not to book the last flight of the day. Now there's a very specific reason for that which is if it's the last flight of the day and something goes wrong and the flight gets cancelled or you miss it or something like that, you're stuck. You're now stuck wherever you are. So you're either staying at a hotel or staying in the airport or something that's not good. So I try my best to not book the very last flight of the day. Now, if possible, maybe like the second to last flight. That way, if something goes wrong, you might be able to get on the last flight of the day as a backup. The other thing is that let's say something happens and weather rolls through and there's a bunch of cancellations. If it's the last flight of the day, you're one of the last ones to get cancelled and by the time that you realize you're cancelled, a lot of the hotels and things that you're going to need are already booked up or taken or whatever. So, now you're screwed. You have no options or limited options.
My third tip is whenever possible, fly on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Those are the least busy days of the week to travel. There's generally less people at the airport. A lot of times those plane tickets are cheaper. Fridays and Sundays are the busiest days of the week. That has the most number of business travelers. So you got remember like as much as you guys are flying for leisure, business travelers make up the majority of the passengers on airplanes. So it's more catering to when are they not traveling. So most people who are traveling for business want to start off the week going somewhere or end the week going somewhere. That's Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays, right? Saturdays are an interesting day cuz they are not very busy, but it also has the highest number of leisure travelers. So that means a lot of times the plane tickets can be more expensive if it's going to a leisure destination. It also means that you might have a bunch of people who aren't very well traveled and they don't know how to go through TSA lines and you know other things can slow stuff down. So that can be other problems. But Saturdays are not too bad. Me personally, if I'm traveling for business, I just don't like taking up my weekends. So I prefer not to travel on Saturdays. Thus, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are the best days week for me.
Tip number four, always plan for the worst. Unfortunately, that's just how things work in the world of flying around a place. Things go wrong all the time. Just anticipate that something's going wrong. You always want to pack extra clothes, like extra underwear, extra pair of socks. So, if I'm staying out on a business trip for 2 days, I always have three days of clothes. Or if I'm staying for overnight, I'll pack two days of clothes. Or even if I'm just doing it out and back, I'm not even staying anywhere, I still pack clothes just in case. plus, all you know toothbrush, toothpaste, all that stuff just in case cause there is a reasonable probability and it's happened already multiple times where something goes wrong. You can't make the last flight of the day or it gets cancelled or weather or plane breaks or even for me sometimes the business just takes longer than I expect and well or the business plans change. For example, I've had where I'm out looking at one car and suddenly, I have to go look at another car. So I change my flights and I go look at the other one instead of coming straight home.
So, right along with that is tip number five. Never check a bag unless you have to. Checking a bag leads to bags being lost, all sorts of things going wrong. If you've got your roller bag with you, the worst case scenario is you might have to do a gate check if the plane's full, but at least you got stuff with you. So, along with that, I also recommend buying a high high quality bag. I personally have started buying these Briggs and Riley bags. They've got lifetime warranties. They're built very tough. they can take a beating. I personally don't like the hard-shell bags because they can't compress. There are times where maybe you got to squeeze it into a space like the overhead bins just got a little bit of room. You can smash it in there. Another quick tip is to buy a bag that fits the types of planes that you're flying on. So, I actually have two different roller bags. I have a 21 in and a 19in. And the reason is because when I'm on like normal planes like 737s and A320s and anything bigger than that that's got normal sized overhead bins, the 21in bag fits perfectly fine. Now if you start getting on some of these little regional jets, those sometimes won't fit. So I have a 19-in bag that will fit in pretty much all of the regional jets. So that one is really handy and I'll show you guys that right here. So here are some of the bags I use. Here's my little backpack. It's just a very small backpack. It just is as small as I could be to fit and my little tiny Chromebook and a book and headphones and some USB cables and stuff. I got it purposely to be very small. I can still fit a bottle of water in there. I just keep all the essentials. And the reason I wanted to be this small is this can fit under my seat and I can still have my feet comfortable. Uh, the other thing is I recommend one of these. This is super super handy. It's my little bag of wires and other stuff that USB cables. So, check it out. It's got like USB charge cables. It's got a wireless connector for Bluetooth for the airplane infotainment. Different types of USB cables, all that stuff. Big ones, short ones. And then on the other side, one of those battery packs that can charge up your cell phone. So, you never know if the USB is going to be working on the airplane or wherever you're going. So, always keep one of these handy in case the USB is not functional. All right. And here's my roller bag. You can see it is this is the 19 in. So, it's the small one and it fits one to two or even 3-day trip perfectly with my tools and everything I need to be able to go inspect a car. So, very small. It's reasonably lightweight, super tough. Like I said, Briggs and Riley, really awesome stuff with a lifetime warranty. And the other thing is that once you set it down, the little backpack I have will actually slide over this. So that's super awesome because now I can just carry all of my stuff with one hand. I do recommend the four-wheel rollers as well.
Tip number six, make sure you bring all of your really important stuff in your bag that is actually with you. So I have two bags that I use. I have the roller bag and then I have a little backpack. And a lot of times I'll keep the medicine in the backpack. You have to gate check the bag and it's got your medicine in it and then they lose your bag. You now are without medicine. So any sort of things like medicine, passport, wallet, car keys. Also really important, keep some USB chargers or phone chargers with you because you never know when you need to have your phone get charged up or something along those lines. Also along with that, besides having all this technology, always keep a book with you because you never know if the in-flight entertainment is going to break, if the Wi-Fi is down, if your cell phone runs out of battery, whatever, you can always read a book as long as you have light.
Tip number seven for me is to understand what plane you're going to be flying on. You heard me talking about the regional jets. So, I like to know what is it I'm going to be getting on. So, that way I can anticipate what bags I might need or that may change what seat I take. So, some of the planes have different layouts. Some have like two, three, or one, two, or something like that. If you get on one of these little planes, if you're on the one side, the overhead thing basically doesn't fit anything. It's just like this little slidy thing, and it can fit like maybe like a tiny little purse or something, but you are not fitting any sort of real bag in it. So, just understanding the plane, looking at over before you get on the plane. Don't just book whatever. You know, I like to understand what I'm getting on and therefore it helps me plan a little better.
Tip number eight is always keep your cell phone charged. So, whenever possible, charge it up. So, as soon as I sit down in my seat, I don't care if I'm at like 90%, I immediately plug in my phone and I keep it plugged in while I'm flying. Now, the reason I keep it topped up is because your phone is your lifeline. If something goes wrong, this is going to save your butt. So, you will need this. And if the battery dies, you are very, very much in trouble. So, not only does it often nowadays have your ticket, but it also helps you with things like delays, cancellations, gate changes, all those things can be pushed to your phone and keep you in the loop while stuff's going wrong.
Tip number nine is don't just book the cheapest flight. Now, if you're doing leisure travel and you're trying to save your money, okay, maybe you need to, but for business travel, a lot of times it's not just about what's the cheapest flight. It can be what's the best schedule. Sometimes I will change the flights to different ones or even go through different connections based on which airport it goes through. So, for example, if something's connecting an airport that I know is more challenging to make the connections or if it's got like super long distances between the gates and it's a really tight connection, I might not take that one versus one that's got maybe a little bit easier connection or, you know, some things like that. Also, I might factor in what the seats are available. So before I book the cheapest one, I look at the seats and say, "Oh man, you know what? It's cheap." Because the only seats available are the middle rows and I don't really particularly want to sit in the middle rows, so I might not take that flight. So often times the cheapest one might not be the best one for what you're trying to accomplish. Speaking of seats, check the seat map before you book.
So tip number 10 is really important to me. I want to know where I'm sitting, what type of seat it is. Do I have a window? Do I have an aisle? Is it going to be bulkhead in front of me? Do I have any foot room? Do I have to put my bag overhead? So, you know, like if you're in a bulkhead row, a lot of times you can't put your bag at your feet. So, now you got to make sure that there's space overhead. Those things factor in, at least to me, I think it's important. I will do everything in my ability to not get a middle seat. I am not a small person. I am very wide, so I take up width. So, I'm not going to be like sitting here going like this the entire flight. It's just uncomfortable for everyone. So, if I have a window or an aisle, I can at least lean one way or the other and create some space. Okay, so let's transition over to business travel, which is a bit different.
So, tip number 11 for business travelers, book refundable hotels. I can't tell you how many times I book non-refundable hotels at the last minute something changes and I have now got a canceled hotel and I'm just eating that cost and there's nothing you can do about it. So, it's super frustrating. They always cost more, but I've learned that it's worth the extra money to book them refundable. So, bite the bullet, pay the extra money, get the refundable hotel rates. It's not so much a concern with airplanes because if you have to cancel or change or whatever, usually most airlines will give you flight credits. Now, you don't get your money back onto your credit card or whatever depending on the ticket you buy. But, I know I'm going to use flight credits, so I am totally fine with getting credits because I'll just put them on the next flight that I book. So, no big deal there.
Now, this one's a personal preference, and actually Josh and I have a strong disagreement on this one, but I prefer doing turn and burns versus doing overnights. And again, this is for business purposes. Now, the reason is I would rather only lose one day as opposed to two. So, if I can go out somewhere and do what I need to do, spend, you know, four or five 6 hours looking over car, go back to the airport, get on a plane, and fly home, even if I make it home at like 11:00, midnight, whatever, at least I only lost one day. Now, yes, I might not get as much sleep for the next day, but I now still have a full day. And maybe I sleep in an extra hour to offset that or something to make my life slightly less miserable. But I prefer that as opposed to flying out there, losing the entire day, and now I got to fly back the next morning. And I lose some or all of the day. Depends on which direction you're going. So, it's much better when you're heading from east to west. You don't lose as much time as flying west to east. The other thing is doing overnights. Now, you're stuck at a hotel. I personally would rather be in my bed at home as opposed to some random hotel room. That's just me. But so like I mentioned, when things go wrong, take a deep breath. Know that everything's going to be okay. You'll eventually get home. But it's not an if, it's a when things are going to go wrong.
So tip number 13 is when things do go wrong, don't wait. Act decisively and quickly before everyone else. Don't wait for the airline or whoever to tell you what to do. take action and solve the problem before they do. They often don't solve it very well and they often by the time they get to you, it's too late. So, something to think about is let's say that you're on a plane and they all of a sudden cancel it at the last second. There's now one 200 people that are all going to be fighting to get on the next plane. So, if you just go to the line and wait to talk to an agent, it might be 5 10 15 minutes before you actually talk to someone versus the second I know a plane is going to get cancelceled. Even if I think it's going to get cancelled, I'm calling them and getting an agent or going on the app and booking another flight or doing whatever I need to do before anyone else. So, I'm locking in my spot. Now, it's kind of survival at the fittest at this point, right? you got to do what you need to do to get yourself taken care of. So, same thing like if it's the end of the day and they're going to cancel a flight and you need to get a hotel, book that hotel immediately. I had another time where I waited for them to give me the stupid voucher instead of booking it just right away. And by the time I got the voucher, there was no hotels available within like 15 miles of the airport. So now I had to get an Uber, had to go drive a half an hour to some random hotel that was way away. pig big pain in the ass. And if I had just booked, the second I knew something was going wrong, I would have been able to get a hotel. It was right there, right at the airport, and then eventually worry about the voucher later. Never use the stupid chat bots. So, they're AI driven. They're crap. They don't work very well. Do your best to get a hold of an actual human being. They usually can solve problems better. And also, have patience. Realize they are people. They didn't cause something wrong with your situation. That's not their fault. So, don't take it out on the agent. Be kind and courteous and polite and patient with them and crack jokes and smile. You know, every time I get in a bad situation, I joke and I'm like, "Well, you know, today is going to suck, but I think you can help me or something like that." You know, just something to alleviate it and they appreciate that. So, just be kind and they will be kind to you back.
Tip number 14, get Global Entry, get TSA Pre-Check and get Clear. I recommend having all three as a business traveler because they will inevitably help you. So, Global Travel, obviously only if you're doing international, but I think even if you only going like once a year, Global Entry is worth it. It saves a ridiculous amount of time. TSA PreCheck, no-brainer. If you get Global Entry, you get TSA PreCheck. You can also just get TSA PreCheck. But most airports in the US now have TSA PreCheck. No reason not to have it. You don't have to take off your shoes. You don't have to take your laptop out of the bag. At least right now. They'll probably change the rules in 6 months. Who knows? But obviously, it's much faster. Also, the TSA pre-check lines typically have people that know what they're doing a little better than the general security lines. So, they tend to go faster either way. Finally, clear. It's I don't know. I'm torn on this one, but the thing is it's it's expensive and it a lot of times is actually even slower than TSA PreCheck. But here's the thing. There's been a handful of times that it has saved my ass. I get to the airport, TSA line's huge. I've only got 20 minutes to catch the plane or whatever and I look over and there's no one in the clear line. Those moments right there 100% worth the money. So that is why I have it. Not for the everyday use. It's for those exceptions when oh shit I need to get through really fast and thank god Clear is available and it's quick. The other thing is you got to consider a lot of times your credit card or your status if you have it might even pay for some of those services. So look into that. You might be able to get all of that stuff for free.
Speaking of statuses, okay, we've been talking about the tips. There's you got my tips. The big question now is, do you play the status game or not? Now, the first thing you got to ask yourself is, are you a hub captive person? If so, probably worth playing the status game. So, if you're in Atlanta, you're going to want Delta. If you're in Chicago, you're going to want United. If you're, you know, or Denver, you're going to want United. You know, just various things like that. So figure out which airplane serves the most destinations from the airport you're going to use the most. And then you have to start doing some computations. Is this worth playing the status game? So before you start doing the status game, you got to compute in am I willing to make certain sacrifices? Yeah, you may have to actually make sacrifices if you want to play the game really hard. Obviously if you just want to play it softly, it's a different story and it depends what are your objectives with getting status. An example might be you might intentionally choose to take a flight that's got connections with your preferred airline to get more points versus taking it with some other airline that might have a direct flight or you might even pay more for a flight than the competitor because again you're trying to keep status with the certain airline or whatever. So those sorts of things you got to compute in. Is that worth it? And do the benefits outweigh the potential sacrifices and costs that you're going to have to make in order to keep that status.
So, for a regular traveler who's only flying maybe a few times per year, is it worth it? Probably not. Like, is it worth paying a bunch of money to have a credit card that gets you lounge access? Like, some of these credit cards are 67 800 plus dollars a year. Is that worth it to go to a lounge to get some eh food and eh drinks a couple times a year? I mean, you're paying $2 $300 each time you go then. You could pretty easily go to like the bar at the airport and yeah, it's $50 meal or whatever, but it ends up being a lot cheaper. But on the converse of that, for someone like me traveling 30 to 50 times a year, having lounge access is a godsend. It is a blessing. I have saved a shit ton of money because every single time I go to the airport, I'm looking at a $5 to $8 bottle of water and potentially breakfast or lunch or dinner. So 20 plus dollars easily every single time. If you factor that times 30 plus different traveling itineraries, which is 60 plus times I'm flying, so that can save me thousands and thousands of dollars a year just in food costs. Factor in I have a comfortable place to maybe get some work done. I have strong uh internet connection and it starts becoming really appealing. Not to mention, it becomes a familiar thing. I know where to go. I can have a place to do my routine and all that sort of thing. So it becomes like I hate to say like I'm knowing the faces at the Sky Club in Austin pretty well at this point especially early in the morning. All right. So like why are you chasing status?
Now one of the big things is of course upgrades. Everyone wants that first class upgrade. That is the like the the goal of status, right? I actually put a lower priority on that to some degree. Yes, I do love when I get a free upgrade bump. that is always I might yes please put me in first class. Now the reason I put it as maybe a little bit lower priority for me is I have different theories on whether or not I want first class and whether or not I need first class. So I always book under the assumption I'm not going to get the first class upgrade. And when I book, I always make sure I book a seat that I'm content with without an upgrade. So exit row or preferred seat, window seat, something that I'm happy with. and then if I get the first class upgrade, it's just a bonus. The other thing is that if you're flying out of major hubs with a ton of people who have status, you're competing, so to speak, against their status to see whether or not you're going to get upgrades. So, unless you're like a huge baller with crazy status points and whatever super crazy amounts of travel, you might not get upgrades as much as you think cuz they are getting stingier and stingier lately. Now, the other thing is I actually factor in the cost of upgrading and I compute that in. One of the things I do is what's the hourly rate for that upgrade. So, for example, let's say I'm going to make a 3-hour flight and upgrade only $150. That's $50 an hour. Is $50 an hour worth it for me to have a much more comfortable seat, a more leisurely experience, possibly the ability to sleep on the plane versus not? Sometimes, yes. Other times, no. So, I compute that in. If it's like $500 or $1,000 for a one-hour flight, am I paying $500 an hour for an upgrade? Probably not. Especially if it's only a one-hour flight, I can suffer in whatever seat for an hour. I don't care. So, not worth it in those cases. And often times, a lot of times those little planes, they don't have very many first class seats or bigger seats, so they fill up much faster. But one of the big things that people don't think about that I actually think is one of the biggest reasons to have status is the help you get when things go wrong. So, with my status, I have diamond status with Delta and I have a phone number that I can call. And when I call that phone number, someone answers the phone within one minute every single time. I've never not had a man phone in a minute. And when things are going wrong, when flights are getting cancelled or if I need to rebook or redo my schedule, they're on top of it and they will bend the rules to make things happen because of my status. Now, that's really worth a lot as a business traveler doing this many flights a year. It's super helpful. It's it's a stress relief to have no know, you know, like knowing that they're going to go to bat for me and try and make it so I can get this particular business thing I'm trying to do done and get home and see my family.
Great example is one time I arrived at airport. It was early for my flight but right at the end of boarding for a earlier flight in the day. Now I got through security, went up to the agent at the gate. They were done boarding. They were all set, ready to go. And I'm like, "Hey," you know, I ran up at the last second. I'm like, "Look, I know you probably don't have room or I don't know if you can get me on this flight, but if there's any way you can get me on this flight, that would be awesome." And she looks into it and I had already been upgraded to first on the next flight. So, she's like, "I can get you on the flight, but I don't have any first class seats." And I said, "I don't care as long as it's a window or aisle." And she said, "I do have a window seat." Perfect. So, she gets me on the plane. I'm literally the last person on the plane. I just sit down in my seat and she comes back onto the plane, comes up to me and she's like, "Guess what? I just got you upgraded to first." One of the people didn't show up. So, that was an amazing experience. Like, the fact that I'm talking about it right now shows you it was impactful. Like, they went way above and beyond not only just hooking me up with getting me on the earlier flight, but also upgraded me. That was amazing. So, well done. So, there's a lot of other things that status might get you. I actually wrote down some examples. I'm going to read some of them off, but some of these things may or may not be worthwhile to you. Um, some of the things might be obviously the upgrades, companion tickets, bonus miles, discounts on third party stuff like hotels and rental cars, free check bags, priority boarding, priority check-in, dedicated customer service, phone line like I mentioned, lounge access, things like that. So, some of those things could be valuable, may or may not be depending on yourself and your situation. Sometimes they pay for themselves, like check bags. If you're checking bags a lot, a lot of check bags are like 30, 40 bucks each way. Now, so if you can get a free check bag, they can save you 50 to 100 bucks on a single flight. Now, admittedly, I am not really playing the status game with hotels for a few reasons. One, I'll be honest, like the idea of like the hotel upgrades don't really appeal as much to me. I don't really care if I get a bigger room. The bed's the same. I'm still going to be sleeping in the bed. Most of my business travel, I'm showing up at the last like end of the night or whatever. I roll into the hotel and I lay down and I go to like brush my teeth, get ready and go to bed and I wake up and then I'm out of there first thing in the morning. So, I'm not even in the hotel for any other purpose other than sleeping. Maybe a desk is nice and that's really about it. But, I don't need like a huge room with tons of space. I don't really care. Or like a super great view. I'm not even going to have time to look out the window most of most likely. So, I don't really care about that either. A lot of the reasons to have status with the hotel chains don't appeal to me.
Also, like I mentioned, most of the time I try and do out and backs. So, I actually don't book as many hotel bookings as I do flights. So, I have far less hotel nights than I do airplane reservations. And same thing for the rental cars. Honestly, I don't really care about like the upgraded cars or whatever. When I'm doing business travel, I'm usually trying to find like the cheapest, most fuel efficient car I can get because I want to spend as little money as possible on gas. So, I could care less about upgrades or anything like that. So, with regards to status, you got to really think to yourself, am I willing to basically put as much credit card spend on a credit card tied to that airline and kind of focus on trying to do what I can to get status? Cuz if you just kind of play it really softly, you probably aren't going to get elevated statuses enough to really make it worthwhile. So, you kind of got to almost make a commitment like I'm going to spend a ton of money on this credit card annually so I can get this status and I'm going to make sure I book all the flights on this particular airline so I get all the points and all the status and all the whatever. And even then, it still might not be enough because when you look at how much you actually have to do to really get the elevated levels of status, it's a lot. It's awful lot. And again, the other thing you got to compute is, for example, if you're like, I just want the upgrades. Well, couldn't you just pay for those upgrades? might be able to do the math on the upgrades, just buying the first class or premium seating that you want as opposed to trying to fight the status game and then pray you get the upgrade. So often times I don't know that actually works out math-wise economically to do this, but in some cases it does like in mine it absolutely does. There's of course other things that might factor in like if you work for a big company sometimes they have agreements with airlines to get you status easier or they get you bonus points or maybe you're bound to only fly certain airlines because of the business that you you know business arrangements that your company has with whatever airlines. So obviously those things might change your situation and there's you know you might be at the mercy of that as well.
So, the biggest thing I want you to take away from all of this is traveling can be stressful, but it also can be enjoyable. And the hope is that you're doing something that's enjoyable. Hopefully, it's not as much business as it is leisure travel, but just stay calm. Try your best to be patient. And that's I mean, you're at the mercy of mother nature or airlines breaking, things happen. These are mechanical machines. And honestly, every time they have to fix something, just think to yourself, well, it's better than crashing. I would rather they tell us the flight is delayed because they have to replace some part than that part goes failing while we're in the middle of the sky at 32,000 ft. That does not sound as much fun to me falling to the ground in a ball of fire and that no good. No, no thanks.
So, there you have it. I know that's a lot. There's a lot of stuff to go over, but these are things I've been learning over the last few years. It's Yeah, it's been an interesting wild ride. I actually probably not recommend doing this for most people. It is a lot of extra stress, uh, less sleep, not as comfortable of beds, airplane food, hotel food, whatever. It's not as glamorous as you think. Uh, and it's just it is what it is. But I hope you found this helpful, and if you did, do me a favor, like, share, and subscribe. We obviously produce most of our content about supercars, but we also talk about our dealerships. So, you might find that interesting. It's kind of presenting from some of the business side of things. But I appreciate you guys for watching, sticking through all this, and we'll see you in the next video.
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