Congratulations!

We just graduated from undergrad this weekend.

"When people say 'Congratulations,' what they actually mean is 'Hey, your entire world is changing and that's probably scary, but I think you're a good person anyway!" - Jason Adam Karsh

Air Gorilla: The Best Discount Airfare

I have two data points so far on why Air Gorilla is the best online discount airfare.

First, one of my friends was looking to fly from Newport News, VA to Philadelphia PA, and the best rate he could find on Kayak (a competitor) was something like $300-$400. Air Gorilla charged $170.

Another of my friends was looking for a way back from China, and with a one-way ticket, it was going to cost him $2400 from Kayak. Air Gorilla found him a flight for $1100.

Air Gorilla has convinced me to use it.

One-Way Ticket

Why are one-way plane tickets so expensive as compared with round-trip tickets? I got a round-trip ticket to Europe for just $50 more than my one-way ticket. What if there were a service that matched two people taking one-way tickets in the opposite directions and just had them split a round-trip ticket? It would save money for the people, and the service could easily take a cut.

[It doesn't exist because of security. The person who buys the ticket has to be the one to present ID.]

Saying "Goodbye"

Sometimes it is easier just not to say "goodbye" because when you really think about the implications of a "goodbye," it means that you may die before you see this person again. It's a thought that is too difficult to think about, and so sometimes we say "goodbye" with the comforting assumption that it just means "See you later."