A 26-year-old super commuter working in tech sales recently revealed how she regularly takes a 90-minute flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco to reach her office by 8:30 am.
The flight takes roughly an hour and a half, after which she uses public transport to travel directly to her office in San Francisco. But she added that she is flying a bit less now. However, she admitted that arranging flights at short notice can be challenging.
In an interview with People , Khieu explained that her commute on office days begins at around 4:30 am, when she drives to the airport to catch a 6 am flight. She is often ready to start work by 8:30 am, she said. Khieu said that she followed this routine almost every week during the first half of the year, taking between 6 to 10 flights a month.
Because there are limited nonstop flight options between San Francisco and Los Angeles with certain airlines, she also has to account for delays and cancellations, particularly.
She said that with TSA PreCheck and CLEAR, getting from the airport entrance to her gate is usually quick. “Even when I was a kid, I’d be so excited to go to the airport on vacation that I wouldn’t sleep the night before,” she said, adding that she still enjoys travelling and no longer thinks twice about spending so much time at airports or on planes. Khieu said that she often books tickets just a day before travelling, although she sometimes plans ahead when she knows she will need to spend more time in either city. “Once you get a schedule, you start to notice the same faces, and they recognize you, so y’all start to chat and lowkey become travel friends,” she said.
Recalling one particularly difficult journey, Khieu shared that a flight delay eventually turned into a cancellation, with the next available flight not scheduled until 3 pm the following day. She then had to find an alternative way to get home, renting a car with four other passengers and driving the roughly 7-hour distance between the cities. Because i had an 8 am meeting and literally got back to my place with 30 minutes to spare, “It was crazy.
I didn’t even sleep that day,” she recalled.
