As many of you know, I went to Boston University.
It’s something I’m generally quite proud of. We’re a well regarded school with a bevy of impressive alumni, from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Faye Dunaway to Howard Stern. Also, John from 200 Miles from the Citi, Dave from Brighton from Ann Arbor and Scott Salley (Not his real name.) It was with those last three that I spent this past weekend, in Boston and at BU.
I flew to Logan on Jet Blue, and thanks to SCP commenter BShrek, I did so with very cheap round trip tickets. In fact, it cost me more to take a cab from my apartment in Manhattan to JFK airport Friday morning and then back this morning ($110 with tolls and tip,) then it did to fly from JFK to Boston and then back again ($103 including a $15 dollar upgrade to extra room seats this morning.) Sure, Jet Blue has some problems. They may leave their passengers sitting on tarmacs for hours and hours at a time. And, sure, they may have flight attendants who go ...
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