http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660The 30 hours is the best-case estimate for your luggage to reappear. The flight itself is only 30 mins of course. http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment11http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment11Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:29:57 GMTI guess you're taking the long-way round... http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment10http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment10Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:32:14 GMTThey must be including the time you'll spend in Customs! http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment9http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment9Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:12:24 GMTI worked for a Seattle based company and a few employees were commuting from Vancouver 2-3 times a week. I guess they were not taking this flight. http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment8http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment8Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:25:51 GMTHmm... this must be the Washington to Vancouver flight that has a stopover in Melbourne, Australia! ;-) http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment7http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment7Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:15:32 GMT@Dave: Look again. He's staying within the same timezone (PST) and traveling maybe 120 miles, yet the trip will take 30 hours. Its as though the +1 day was mistakenly added. http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment6http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment6Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:42:09 GMTTimezones are a difficult thing. Especially when you count timezones in the wrong way (+6, +7, +8 etc) in stead of (+8, +7, etc). So basically you fly around the world according to this airline. I had the same a few weeks ago when I arrived earlier than I left (local timezones), the flight was 45 minutes and the time wend back an hour, so according to my watch I arrived 15 minutes before I left ;-) http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment5http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment5Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:12:29 GMTI think it's pretty obvious. Although there is a flight due out of Seattle Sunday afternoon there isn't one due into Vancouver until Monday! http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment4http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment4Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:18:04 GMTI agree with Koen... You can probably walk faster - or a two-hour drive... The reason for this long time is that the shortest line between two points is a straight line. Since they didn't want to fly northbound (probably there's a lot of traffic going there), they decided to fly in a straight line, directed west-north-west. It's still supposed to be the shortest line, isn't it? http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment3http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment3Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:08:24 GMTBecause I am coming from New Jersey http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment2http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment2Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:08:00 GMTWhy take a plane for that? http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment1http://ayende.com/4044/does-this-include-a-trip-to-mars-as-well#comment1Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:04:23 GMT