TWiT+ Club Shows 743 Transcript
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TWiT.tv [00:00:00]:
This is TWiT.
Leo Laporte [00:00:02]:
Hello, you clubbers! Good to see you all, and, uh, welcome to Jet Set with Mr. Johnny Jet, our travel guru. Hello, Johnny.
Johnny Jet [00:00:14]:
Hello, Leo.
Leo Laporte [00:00:16]:
It's gonna be a short Jet Set today because Leo slept in late. No, I wasn't sleeping. I was doing the dishes. This is Johnny Jet's website. And look, lo and behold, johnnyjet.com, there are people snuggling in first class.
Johnny Jet [00:00:35]:
That's actually coach economy.
Leo Laporte [00:00:37]:
That's coach?
Johnny Jet [00:00:39]:
Yes.
Leo Laporte [00:00:39]:
The hell you say? United Airlines introduced—
Johnny Jet [00:00:42]:
Look at those seatbacks.
Leo Laporte [00:00:44]:
Yeah, they're all—
Johnny Jet [00:00:45]:
So United Airlines held a big media event on Tuesday at LAX at a hangar, and I got to go. And so this is a playbook out of, Air New Zealand's Sky Couch. In 2010, they created this Sky Couch where you lift up— you can, you can purchase the 3 rows and then pay an extra fee, and it will lift up this bar that what makes it turns, turns those seats into bed, a bed. You know, if you're a big guy like me, it's not really gonna work, but for either 2 little kids or a mother—
Leo Laporte [00:01:16]:
that's the first thing that struck me is they've selected some very small people to demonstrate this. Sometimes they do that with phones, they pick people with really big hands. Oh, I see. It's a mother and their child is what it is. So they're snuggling. Now, is there— so I understand you can lift the arms. And so the seat also extends a little bit. Is that it?
Johnny Jet [00:01:40]:
Yes. So where your legs normally go, there's a whole nother— basically, it's basically a bed. It just lifts up and it turns it into like a twin-size bed. Pretty much.
Leo Laporte [00:01:53]:
I would like that. Now, can you, can you just buy the— oh, look, I see.
Johnny Jet [00:01:56]:
That's what it looks like. Now you can see.
Leo Laporte [00:01:58]:
Can you buy the row and say—
Johnny Jet [00:01:59]:
definitely you can buy it with one person because that would be basically life.
Leo Laporte [00:02:03]:
I mean, it's— I don't know how wide it is.
Johnny Jet [00:02:06]:
You'd have to curl up if you're tall. I'm 5'11". There's actually a picture of me on my Facebook page, um, where I'm— where my feet are.
Leo Laporte [00:02:15]:
There it is. Okay, okay. It's not gonna be that comfortable, and you're gonna lose your toes to the snack cart.
Johnny Jet [00:02:23]:
But other than that, that friend said, sir, you're gonna need to move your feet out of the aisle.
Leo Laporte [00:02:28]:
You're fast asleep, you're enjoying yourself. Where is— do they have what, this like mock-up in a warehouse?
Johnny Jet [00:02:33]:
It looks like this was a— in a hangar. They had 3—
Leo Laporte [00:02:37]:
they had 3—
Johnny Jet [00:02:38]:
they had a 787 in the hangar with their brand new configuration for Polaris. And, uh, you know, they're gonna be—
Leo Laporte [00:02:46]:
Polaris is their first in business. That's the fancy stuff.
Johnny Jet [00:02:49]:
Yeah, they're gonna be flying San Francisco to Singapore and London. So this is Relax row. This is all the amenities that come with it.
Leo Laporte [00:02:57]:
Is it more expensive than economy? Of course. Yes, it is economy.
Johnny Jet [00:03:01]:
Yeah, you have to get the whole row. That's, that's, that's Air New Zealand's one below it right there. That's the one I took in 2010. No, that one with the couple is United.
Leo Laporte [00:03:11]:
The one above it, this is Air New Zealand.
Johnny Jet [00:03:13]:
That's Air New Zealand. So they're the ones that make it.
Leo Laporte [00:03:15]:
I like it. I mean, if you're short, it would be really great. If you're a child, And if you had money, it would be less than Polaris, obviously.
Johnny Jet [00:03:24]:
Oh, it's definitely, um, it's definitely less than business class. I have friends who, who purchase 3 coach tickets often when they go to Asia because it's so much cheaper than business class. Even if you just purchase one extra seat, the middle seat, it makes a huge difference not to have someone next to you, um, you know, elbowing the whole time. So You know, if you have the money, it's a great way to spend it. Plus, you can find deals. I've been using this Thrifty Traveler, uh, Premium. They sent it to me for free. But, uh, you know, they had a deal this week to Fiji from LA.
Leo Laporte [00:04:02]:
Nice.
Johnny Jet [00:04:03]:
It's $560 round trip, I think, but it's for May. Um, but you can find deals. You just have to be flexible. Although airline fares are definitely going to be going up now with, uh, fuel. It's over $100 a barrel and jet fuel's going up.
Leo Laporte [00:04:21]:
Well, that's what I was gonna ask you. What is, excuse me, emergency lighting.
Johnny Jet [00:04:25]:
Are we doing Vincent Price?
Leo Laporte [00:04:27]:
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. What is, this is not a good choice either. I'm gonna have to fix those lights at some point. But while I'm doing that, why don't you tell me, I don't think we've seen the full impact of the war in Iran on oil prices or gas prices. Does it— how quickly does it impact, uh, plane tickets? Is it already— are they already going up?
Johnny Jet [00:04:50]:
I mean, they've already gone up. A lot of airlines have canceled flights. SAS in, uh, in Scandinavia, in Denmark and Sweden, they've canceled a number of flights. United canceled, I think, 400 flights for, uh, for the future just because they have to save money on routes that are not making money. You know, they have to cut flights. I mean, if if prices are going up that much, um, they're not— this, this low— for those low-cost carriers like Spirit and Frontier, I mean, if this continues, they're not going to be able to continue.
Leo Laporte [00:05:26]:
That's going to kill them.
Johnny Jet [00:05:27]:
Yeah, I mean, it's not sustainable. So let's hope it ends quickly. I mean, it's a whole mess out there. And it's TSA— I mean, these— the Congress is going on vacation tomorrow.
Leo Laporte [00:05:39]:
Oh, good timing.
Johnny Jet [00:05:40]:
If a deal doesn't get done by tomorrow, it's going to go on for another 2 weeks.
Leo Laporte [00:05:43]:
So that's the other story, uh, this week is ICE is now in the airports. Our airport, uh, SFO— they're not, uh, trained to do the x-ray machines, right?
Johnny Jet [00:05:55]:
They're not supposed to be using them. They're—
Leo Laporte [00:05:57]:
and, and are they going to be checking IDs? I don't think they're even doing—
Johnny Jet [00:06:00]:
I've heard they are checking IDs in some airports, but mainly they're just at the entrance and the exit. What's— they're standing there but also just trying to help out Anyway, but all the images online, they're just hanging out.
Leo Laporte [00:06:12]:
How are they helping? I'm helping. What? How are they helping?
Johnny Jet [00:06:16]:
They're standing at double what TSA officers do.
Leo Laporte [00:06:20]:
So, and they— but they don't have the training to do what TSA officers do. But of course, right? I mean, I think people are, after the LaGuardia incident, getting a little bit nervous maybe about flying. There was— there were other incidents and close near misses. Um, is Are the air traffic controllers overworked and strained as well?
Johnny Jet [00:06:40]:
Well, that's been a problem for years. It's not just this administration. It's been, although it's been worse with this administration since Elon Musk went in and they—
Leo Laporte [00:06:49]:
They cut everything.
Johnny Jet [00:06:50]:
They cut a lot of people. But this has been a problem. But I don't think people are gonna wanna travel if TSA doesn't get fixed. I mean, they have to pay these people.
Leo Laporte [00:07:01]:
And we used to have a tool that would tell us what wait times were.
Johnny Jet [00:07:06]:
Okay, so I do have a couple of those today for you.
Leo Laporte [00:07:09]:
Okay, because I had heard that that was also eliminated in the— It is.
Johnny Jet [00:07:14]:
The one I've always told you is the My TSA app, but that is not— that is gone right now.
Leo Laporte [00:07:19]:
Because they don't want you to know, really. I think that's the real reason. How much could it cost to run that app? They got the data.
Johnny Jet [00:07:26]:
The best thing to do is to go to the airport you're flying out of and see if they have it on theirs. But if they don't, there's a couple of websites you can go to. One is called tsawaitimes.com. And then one of my buddies, Zach Griff, he started one, tsa.fromthetradetable.com. I actually like his better. So it's tsa.fromthetradetable.com.
Leo Laporte [00:07:51]:
Okay. Let me, uh, let me pull that one up. This is TSA Wait Times and it looks like there are Everything's going great.
Johnny Jet [00:07:59]:
So don't look at that one.
Leo Laporte [00:08:03]:
What's the other one? TSA?
Johnny Jet [00:08:06]:
Yep. TSA.fromthetraytable.com.
Leo Laporte [00:08:11]:
That's his website, I take it. From the tray table.
Johnny Jet [00:08:16]:
Yes.
Leo Laporte [00:08:17]:
All right. Ah, this is— yeah, it's not as graphic.
Johnny Jet [00:08:20]:
So you just put in that email, just put in You can put my name.
Leo Laporte [00:08:26]:
I put any email in it and it doesn't— okay, well, oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. Should I save that login? No, let me just— I'll give it my actual email. Leo, I don't know. I want him, you know, this is a service.
Johnny Jet [00:08:39]:
He actually does a great job with his newsletter. He's a smart kid. He used to work for The Points Guy. Oh, okay. Yeah, he— I mean, he's, he's not that young. I mean, he's 30, maybe.
Leo Laporte [00:08:50]:
Maybe to those of us, he looks like he's 20, but he—
Johnny Jet [00:08:52]:
I think he's around 26 or 7.
Leo Laporte [00:08:53]:
Now here's the That's the thing, I don't see SFO.
Johnny Jet [00:08:57]:
So some airports don't allow, but SFO is a private— ah, they have private TSA, so you don't really have to worry about SFO.
Leo Laporte [00:09:05]:
Oh really? Because they're paying— the airport's paying them.
Johnny Jet [00:09:08]:
There's 20 airports that do not have TSA, they have partnerships. Kansas City is one of them, uh, SFO is one of them. So that also— that's also a tip, like you can try and fly out of those airports. Yeah, because you don't have to worry about them not calling in sick, but Houston is a huge problem. If you, and if you look in Atlanta, New Orleans, and it really is the busiest airports in the world, aren't they?
Leo Laporte [00:09:32]:
I mean, this is not really too bad right now. It's an 8-minute wait.
Johnny Jet [00:09:36]:
IH is Houston.
Leo Laporte [00:09:38]:
Oh, the George Bush. I was looking at Hobby. Yeah, Intercontinental is a, is a 260-minute maximum wait. That's 4 hours and 20 minutes. What?
Johnny Jet [00:09:51]:
Yes.
Leo Laporte [00:09:53]:
So you should get to the airport 2 and 160 minutes early?
Johnny Jet [00:09:59]:
Yes. If, unless you have 1K status or global services, I heard they opened up a private line for them.
Leo Laporte [00:10:06]:
How about CLEAR? Would that help?
Johnny Jet [00:10:07]:
CLEAR usually helps. I don't know if it's going to help there, but it usually does help. And also TSA PreCheck helps. So those are easy ones to get and they won't cost you a lot. So definitely have those there. And it all, again, it depends on the time of day. The day of the week. Weekends are worse, mornings are usually worse, but at Houston it's, it's pretty much all the time.
Johnny Jet [00:10:27]:
I mean, look at right now, it's, you know, it's terrible there.
Leo Laporte [00:10:30]:
Terrible. Wow.
Johnny Jet [00:10:32]:
Yeah, so pick and choose your airports. Although some airlines like United, that's one of their hubs, they just issued a travel waiver for, you know, you can change your ticket for free to go in and out of there. Delta has one for Atlanta. Uh, New York, they have them. They both have them for LaGuardia since what happened at, um, with Air Canada.
Leo Laporte [00:10:54]:
But who really wants to fly?
Johnny Jet [00:10:56]:
No, I like LaGuardia. It's actually one of my favorite airports.
Leo Laporte [00:10:59]:
It's a nice airport, but at this point I'm a little nervous because it sounds like it's congested.
Johnny Jet [00:11:03]:
Yes, well, I mean, it's always been congested, but yes.
Leo Laporte [00:11:05]:
But I do love flying, uh, you know, out of LaGuardia because it's, because it's closer to town.
Johnny Jet [00:11:14]:
Yeah, it is. Although getting a rideshare is not that easy there.
Leo Laporte [00:11:17]:
You think really Uber and Lyft are not, uh, they're not curbside? Not curbside at all?
Johnny Jet [00:11:24]:
You know what, I shouldn't say that. I don't know about every terminal, but the terminals that I usually go out of, it's not curbside. Um, and I told you last time I was in, I was in Newark a couple months ago. I took Uber Shuttle for the first time, which was so much cheaper, and that's a great alternative, and that was curbside.
Leo Laporte [00:11:44]:
Yeah, I like that.
Johnny Jet [00:11:45]:
Uh, JFK, I, I, you know, I've taken the, the AirTrain. You take the AirTrain to Jamaica, you can jump on, you gotta get off in Jamaica, Long Island.
Leo Laporte [00:11:55]:
It's fine if you only have a backpack or carry-on.
Johnny Jet [00:11:58]:
Yes, you don't have a lot of bags, although, or children. I see a lot of Europeans on there with, you know, they have one, you know, not that large of a suitcase, but they, they have a roller. Yeah. And you can also take the E train. And I did that in January as well. It's, you know, it's actually quicker to take the subway and the AirTrain than it is to, to deal with traffic, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper.
Leo Laporte [00:12:21]:
Maybe I'll do that. I'm gonna go visit my son in New York City in a couple of weeks. I haven't got tickets yet. Maybe I will, uh, so you recommend— so you take the AirTrain to Jamaica and then the E train. I'm going into, uh, Manhattan.
Johnny Jet [00:12:36]:
What part of town is it? The East Side?
Leo Laporte [00:12:38]:
Lower, uh, Lower West Side?
Johnny Jet [00:12:41]:
Lower West Side. You, you should fly to Newark.
Leo Laporte [00:12:43]:
Okay.
Johnny Jet [00:12:44]:
Because Newark will be— it'll be quicker.
Leo Laporte [00:12:47]:
Really?
Johnny Jet [00:12:47]:
If you're going to the Upper East Side or, or even Midtown, you can just jump— you can take— but I think Newark will be quicker. So you'd fly United.
Leo Laporte [00:12:56]:
And, uh, I was gonna go JetBlue because I like JetBlue, man.
Johnny Jet [00:13:00]:
I like— okay, I don't know how JetBlue is, man. I mean, JetBlue really cut back a lot of their routes. And actually, there's talk today, or yesterday they came out, that JetBlue might be, uh, getting bought by either United, Alaska, or—
Leo Laporte [00:13:14]:
oh, that's kind of sad. I really liked JetBlue when they launched. Yeah, but you know who I liked even more was Virgin America, and they're gone too.
Johnny Jet [00:13:23]:
Yeah, and Alaska paid so much— I mean, they gave them so much money. And I love Alaska— I mean, uh, Virgin America. I got to interview Richard Branson when they first launched it. They're like, hey, do you want to come? Uh, and I thought it was going to be like a group of, of journalists. And I show up, I have nothing prepared. I get on the plane, the flight attendant goes, let me go get, um, uh, Richard. I go, okay. And then also get Richard back.
Johnny Jet [00:13:47]:
He's like, hey, Johnny, first, first class with me. And we're literally just sitting there, the two of us. And I'm like, oh God, this is— I'm just, just basically starting out.
Leo Laporte [00:13:57]:
Richard Branson here, billionaire. I said, hey, want to come to my island?
Johnny Jet [00:14:01]:
Yeah, actually I went to his island.
Leo Laporte [00:14:02]:
He's got an island. Not— it's not Epstein Island, that's for sure. It's a much better island. It's a much better island, much better class of people at the Epstein—
Johnny Jet [00:14:11]:
I mean, uh, no, not the Epstein, the Necker Island.
Leo Laporte [00:14:13]:
The Necker, yeah.
Johnny Jet [00:14:15]:
But anyway, he, he's very nice, and he seems like a nice guy. Totally.
Leo Laporte [00:14:20]:
Yeah.
Johnny Jet [00:14:21]:
When I was at Necker Island, I was shooting a show for the Travel Channel, and after it was over, he's like, just hang out, go for a swim, grab whatever you want. And so I go to take a swim I'm swimming there, all of a sudden he swims up next to me. He's like, hey Johnny, can I ask you a question? I go, yeah, of course. And he was like, um, what do you think of, of United Airlines? I go, and they're not doing too great right now. This is when United was not doing well. He's like, yeah, that's why I thought he dropped a bad word. He's like, how about Delta? I go, well, Delta is definitely the best-run airline right now. Anyway, 6 months later they partner up, and I put it in my blog.
Leo Laporte [00:14:55]:
I said, because of you.
Johnny Jet [00:14:56]:
No, I mean, you gave him the inner inside story, the scoop. No, but you know, I did have a little bit of a secret. I mean, and I said, you know, I wouldn't be surprised if they, uh, do something together. And sure enough. And I mean, the guy is— he's a pretty amazing dude.
Leo Laporte [00:15:13]:
Yeah. So you've met him twice now?
Johnny Jet [00:15:16]:
I met him multiple times.
Leo Laporte [00:15:17]:
I mean, so he recognizes you? He sees you? Hey Johnny, my old friend Johnny, you gave me that tip back in the, uh— no. He would walk right by me and be like, no, he would not.
Johnny Jet [00:15:30]:
But he's a good guy.
Leo Laporte [00:15:32]:
So you, so is United, United, we flew United, uh, uh, a little while ago. We went out to Orlando and I actually thought it's, it's improved quite a bit.
Johnny Jet [00:15:41]:
Oh yeah, that is improved. So United is one of the best airlines in the country right now, if not the best.
Leo Laporte [00:15:46]:
I mean, it went through a low spot.
Johnny Jet [00:15:48]:
Definitely. I was, I was 1K on United and then, you know, 10 or 15 years ago is when I was there starting to go downhill and I was like, I, I jumped ship, but I'm ready to actually go back to United.
Leo Laporte [00:15:59]:
We're going to Hawaii on points. I've been saving up.
Johnny Jet [00:16:04]:
And there's— what plane is it, a 787 or a 777? Is it—
Leo Laporte [00:16:09]:
probably, I don't know, it's to Kona, so it's not going to be— it's not going to be a fancy 787.
Johnny Jet [00:16:15]:
It will be a 737.
Leo Laporte [00:16:17]:
Let me check my Flight Radar.
Johnny Jet [00:16:19]:
It'll be a 737 MAX probably, or 737.
Leo Laporte [00:16:23]:
I can tell you right now because I'm guessing 737 MAX. I have Flight Radar. Uh, what is the— what is the plane? What is the plane? Flight Radar. It's a 757-300.
Johnny Jet [00:16:33]:
Oh, it's a 57. Okay, they're getting rid of the 757s, by the way. They made that announcement this week.
Leo Laporte [00:16:38]:
Is that because, uh, is there anything I should know before I go?
Johnny Jet [00:16:41]:
No, no, the 57s are fine. They're just— they are fuel guzzlers. Ah, so they just made a huge order. Um, I think they bought 220 planes or something ridiculous.
Leo Laporte [00:16:56]:
What did they buy?
Johnny Jet [00:16:57]:
They bought all kinds. They bought 787s. They, they're redoing their CRJ-200s, their CRJ-450s. I gotta look at all my notes.
Leo Laporte [00:17:05]:
Those are, uh, those are, uh, uh, commuter jets.
Johnny Jet [00:17:09]:
Yes. So what they did with this, they actually installed Starlink. They took— they, they put—
Leo Laporte [00:17:15]:
they used to be like that.
Johnny Jet [00:17:16]:
Yeah, Starlink's gonna be free for all MileagePlus users.
Leo Laporte [00:17:20]:
Uh, like that.
Johnny Jet [00:17:21]:
These, these, uh, regional jets had 50 seats. Now they're only going to have 41 because They took out seats to put a first class in, and not only first class, they took the overhead bins out of first class to make it look more roomy, and they put a locker in the front. So every, every seat in first class gets their own little locker. So you get on and you put your bag in. There's 7 lockers.
Leo Laporte [00:17:45]:
That sounds fun.
Johnny Jet [00:17:46]:
And in the back, they put, um, extra, um, large overhead bins, so all carry-ons should fit.
Leo Laporte [00:17:52]:
The— yeah, because on those regional jets, the overhead bins are big enough for, uh, a bag lunch, basically. They're not—
Johnny Jet [00:17:59]:
I mean, you really have to make sure you get on the plane first or that your bag fits under your seat if you want it to work. But yeah, no, I mean, I'm a fan of United, especially after this week.
Leo Laporte [00:18:12]:
Well, JetBlue, if I go Mint, is $3,000 round trip. I don't want to spend that money. Now, how— if I'm going to Newark, you get a rideshare? How do you get into town?
Johnny Jet [00:18:23]:
I mean, listen. You can just— if you're by yourself and you don't, you know, you don't want to—
Leo Laporte [00:18:28]:
I am by myself.
Johnny Jet [00:18:29]:
If you don't want to spend the $80 or $100, you can look at the bus shuttle, Uber shuttle.
Leo Laporte [00:18:34]:
Uber shuttle.
Johnny Jet [00:18:35]:
You go in the Uber app and it will— they'll give an option for a shuttle.
Leo Laporte [00:18:38]:
Okay.
Johnny Jet [00:18:39]:
And find out when it's leaving.
Leo Laporte [00:18:41]:
And, you know, it's cheaper that way.
Johnny Jet [00:18:43]:
It's $20. Oh, what? That's what it was when I did it 2 months ago.
Leo Laporte [00:18:47]:
Will they drop you in, uh, in town?
Johnny Jet [00:18:50]:
You tell them where you're going and they'll drop— they won't drop you where you're going, but but it'll drop you a few blocks away.
Leo Laporte [00:18:56]:
Well, I don't have a hotel yet anyway, so—
Johnny Jet [00:18:58]:
so if you have— if you have, uh, you know, if you don't have a lot of luggage and it's nice out, you know, it's nice to walk around New York.
Leo Laporte [00:19:06]:
It is. I'm a big walker. And I did it. I'm going to Henry's sandwich shop. That's why I'm going to see my son.
Johnny Jet [00:19:13]:
He has his own sandwich shop.
Leo Laporte [00:19:15]:
Oh, you didn't know that?
Johnny Jet [00:19:16]:
No.
Leo Laporte [00:19:17]:
Salt Hanks. It's in the West Village on Bleecker. Bleecker at Jones. And incidentally, very popular. They sell out. You have to go early. They open 11:30. There's always a line before they open.
Leo Laporte [00:19:30]:
And they're usually sold out. They're supposed to stay open at 4:30, but they can only make— I think they got more. They used to only be able to make 300 sandwiches, so they would sell out very quickly. I'm sorry, the garbage truck is going by.
Johnny Jet [00:19:41]:
Mine's going to be coming by soon anyway. It's Thursday.
Leo Laporte [00:19:46]:
Hey, hold on. I got some garbage. Oh, never mind.
Johnny Jet [00:19:50]:
I have my garbage right by the door, by the way.
Leo Laporte [00:19:51]:
Yes, Salt Hanks, it was just voted the best sandwich in New York City by the popular choice with the Belly, B-E-L-L-Y, Belly app, which is apparently what all the kids use. But prepare yourself because it's an expensive— the Food Network said it's $34.
Johnny Jet [00:20:08]:
Is it $34 for a sandwich?
Leo Laporte [00:20:10]:
It's New York City, buddy. And he's using the—
Johnny Jet [00:20:12]:
I guess they're putting out though? I mean, that's amazing.
Leo Laporte [00:20:13]:
And they're selling— well, because first of all, it's big enough for two. Okay, you really wouldn't want to eat the whole thing. It's a French dip, and he's using the best meat like you can get, like the finest prime rib, uh, that you can get. So, and apparently it's amazing, and I want to try it.
Johnny Jet [00:20:32]:
Tell me one more time the name. Salt Hanks.
Leo Laporte [00:20:36]:
Okay, yeah, I'm surprised you didn't know about it. I talked about it incessantly.
Johnny Jet [00:20:42]:
I have not been on.
Leo Laporte [00:20:45]:
It's kind of— it's a non-stop thing for me. All right, let's see. So I'm going to look at United from San Jose. No, I'm not that crazy. Let's go from— is it Oakland or SFO? They do SFO. They do SFO. SFO to NW— what is it? NR? NW?
Johnny Jet [00:21:05]:
EWR.
Leo Laporte [00:21:05]:
Oh, that's right. EWR. It's weird. Newark to Newark. Oh, look at that. You got them all on the pillow. Never get lost if you got Johnny Judges. Say, hey, Johnny.
Leo Laporte [00:21:16]:
What's, what's the pillow code for Houston?
Johnny Jet [00:21:19]:
IH.
Leo Laporte [00:21:20]:
I bet you know them all though.
Johnny Jet [00:21:22]:
I know most of them. I mean, I know the major ones. There's so many little ones that I'm like, sorry.
Leo Laporte [00:21:27]:
You don't, do you know our Santa Rosa Airport? I bet you do.
Johnny Jet [00:21:30]:
Yes, I do. Uh, Santa Rosa is—
Leo Laporte [00:21:32]:
Is it on the pillow? No.
Johnny Jet [00:21:33]:
No, it's not. My eyes are closed. I just did it. Is it S, STX? No.
Leo Laporte [00:21:38]:
SLS.
Johnny Jet [00:21:39]:
I'm sorry?
Leo Laporte [00:21:40]:
SLS.
Johnny Jet [00:21:41]:
SLS. SLS. Yeah.
Leo Laporte [00:21:44]:
Premium economy or business? I don't— you know what, it's just me. I'm gonna do a red-eye, so it'd be almost worth— oh my God, it's pricey. It's more expensive than JetBlue.
Johnny Jet [00:22:03]:
Prices have gone up. Oh yeah, but it's a 787.
Leo Laporte [00:22:09]:
Well, so, but, but I, I'm going to, I guess I, yeah, I'm going to do economy even though it's a red-eye because it's only 4.5 hours. You're not going to be able to get a quick flight.
Johnny Jet [00:22:18]:
Yeah.
Leo Laporte [00:22:18]:
You know, it's, you know, that's a really good point going back.
Johnny Jet [00:22:21]:
It's another hour. So then that's when I usually will try and get up.
Leo Laporte [00:22:25]:
Is it worth going premium plus? Do you, what do you do? Do you get the economy seats and then use points? Don't you?
Johnny Jet [00:22:31]:
I try. I mean, it depends on the airline, but American, they give you free upgrades. So I fly American a lot and I've been very fortunate to, uh, If they got the room, they'll give it to you.
Leo Laporte [00:22:41]:
Yeah. So it's $384 for, uh, main cabin. What we call steerage.
Johnny Jet [00:22:49]:
Do you have any—
Leo Laporte [00:22:49]:
$885 for economy plus. It's $1,100— this is each way— $1,100 for premium plus. It's $3,783 for business. I'm going $384, baby. Yeah, no upgrade, no changes. Check bag fee.
Johnny Jet [00:23:07]:
They might offer you an upgrade.
Leo Laporte [00:23:08]:
You can't even get carry-on bags.
Johnny Jet [00:23:10]:
Well, that's basic economy. Don't do that. Do not do basic.
Leo Laporte [00:23:13]:
But it's so much cheaper.
Johnny Jet [00:23:15]:
Yeah. But if you have to change your ticket, you lose it.
Leo Laporte [00:23:18]:
Okay. So if I get standard, which is $100 more, choose your seat, upgrades available, no change fees, checked baggage fees, but you do get a carry-on. So I can do that.
Johnny Jet [00:23:28]:
Pay the $100 extra.
Leo Laporte [00:23:30]:
Yeah.
Johnny Jet [00:23:30]:
But wait, don't, don't book it right now. Shop around.
Leo Laporte [00:23:33]:
Let's, let's, I'm gonna have my AI. Have you used AI to do any booking at all?
Johnny Jet [00:23:38]:
I mean, I've tested out, but no, I don't have it do booking, but I'll sometimes say, hey, you can ask it, but you know, it's just going to Kayak and the other, and Expedia and the usual. You want to book directly with the airline.
Leo Laporte [00:23:50]:
You do.
Johnny Jet [00:23:51]:
So why is that? Because if you have to cancel, you don't have to, you know, they don't say, oh, go to Expedia or go to Kayak.
Leo Laporte [00:24:00]:
You know, that's doubly true for hotels. Hotels. Will screw you if you book through like Booking.com, or they don't give you free Wi-Fi, they don't give you points.
Johnny Jet [00:24:11]:
So when you— if the price is similar, always book direct. The only time you book through a third party is if you're getting like a package deal. That's when you can find usually a good deal.
Leo Laporte [00:24:22]:
Now, you— I know you, you believe in travel agents. I believe in travel agents for things like cruises, larger tours. How about just for Like I'm flying to New York.
Johnny Jet [00:24:32]:
I mean, not many travel agents will take your—
Leo Laporte [00:24:34]:
they won't even want it because they don't make any money on it, right? I know my— I know Jane would because she's, she's nice and she likes me, but it's, it's, it's a pro bono.
Johnny Jet [00:24:43]:
Yeah, I mean, if you want to pay extra, some will, will charge you for it. Uh, my buddy Cranky Flyer, he has a service, Cranky Concierge, where they monitor your flight. So it is worth it when your flight, you know, if it gets canceled, sure, there's a snowstorm, you don't have to sit online for hours.
Leo Laporte [00:25:03]:
Yeah, you will pay—
Johnny Jet [00:25:04]:
I don't know what he charges, $100.
Leo Laporte [00:25:05]:
If I, if I were a business traveler, if I travel a lot, uh, still, I would do that. But I, I might twice a year get on a plane. It's not that often.
Johnny Jet [00:25:15]:
No, it's not worth it. No.
Leo Laporte [00:25:18]:
And, and I'm gonna sit in the back and steerage with the real people.
Johnny Jet [00:25:23]:
I used to have iconophobia.
Leo Laporte [00:25:25]:
I created that word, iconophobia.
Johnny Jet [00:25:27]:
Yes, believe me, I did. Until my daughter was sick in the hospital a year ago. Yeah, I was— I, I would dread sitting in the back of the bus, and now I have no problem. Like, a month later, we flew to Fiji in Australia, and we were the, we were the fourth to last row in economy, and I couldn't have been happier.
Leo Laporte [00:25:45]:
It's fine.
Johnny Jet [00:25:46]:
You know what?
Leo Laporte [00:25:46]:
I can sleep with my hat on, sitting up straight up. I can sleep. I'm fine. I don't, I don't need all that fancy stuff. When I travel with family, it's different because I want to take care of them. But if it's just me, I go low and slow.
Johnny Jet [00:26:01]:
Prices have gotten so crazy that like, first of all, I can't even afford to go.
Leo Laporte [00:26:05]:
Did you ever try the Big Green Bus or any of those? You know what I'm talking about? Maybe this is a hippie thing.
Johnny Jet [00:26:14]:
SFO in LA? Between San Francisco and LA? Yes. I never tried it, but I heard about it.
Leo Laporte [00:26:24]:
The whole idea was, yeah, it's like an overnight bus. It's cheap. It's laid out so you can— it's not like a Greyhound. It smells like patchouli. Let's put it that way.
Johnny Jet [00:26:37]:
I don't even know what that smells like.
Leo Laporte [00:26:40]:
Well, hey, you're lucky. You're lucky. Um, the Big Green Bus rides again. This is from 2021. Um, because yeah, I feel like it, it, it went away. This was a hippie thing, I think. The Big Green Bus. Uh, there it is.
Leo Laporte [00:26:59]:
See, it's green. Oh gosh. Uh, this is, this is, uh, a crew of Dartmouth students on the Big Green Bus. And see Look, it's a little bit more cozy. It's like, you got to like the people you're riding with because you're going to get to know them and it might break down. Originally it was designed to run on peanut oil. So it has a lovely—
Johnny Jet [00:27:24]:
I did not know about this one. I knew about more luxurious one.
Leo Laporte [00:27:28]:
Oh, I, yeah, this is not luxury. This is hippie travel. Big Green Bus. Yeah. I'm thinking—
Johnny Jet [00:27:35]:
are you a Deadhead? You're a Deadhead, right?
Leo Laporte [00:27:37]:
Uh, not in the sense that I've— I love the Grateful Dead, but I— and I've been to see their shows, but I never followed them around or any of that stuff. That's the smell of patchouli, by the way. If you— if you have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert, you know what I'm talking about.
Johnny Jet [00:27:50]:
I gotcha.
Leo Laporte [00:27:51]:
It is a unique scent.
Johnny Jet [00:27:54]:
Did you ever see Jerry Garcia or any of those guys up there?
Leo Laporte [00:27:57]:
Yeah, I've been to many, uh, many a Dead concert with Jerry.
Johnny Jet [00:28:01]:
How about you see him around town?
Leo Laporte [00:28:02]:
Oh, around town? No. I did see Carlos Santana a couple of years ago in, uh, San Rafael. He was just eating at the chowder house. Actually, it was Sausalito. He was eating in chowder. He was all by himself, a little table, eating chowder. And, uh, I didn't say anything. I said, I said, you know, that's Carlos.
Johnny Jet [00:28:21]:
It's Carlos Santana. That's what—
Leo Laporte [00:28:25]:
that was it. I don't— I'm not the kind of guy that goes up and says, hey, Yo, oye, cómo va, buddy? I don't— wouldn't do that.
Johnny Jet [00:28:34]:
I saw the dude who sings, uh, Sammy Hagar.
Leo Laporte [00:28:37]:
Sammy Hagar. Well, you see him around town. You do.
Johnny Jet [00:28:38]:
I saw him at, uh, Caballo Point with my buddy Mike.
Leo Laporte [00:28:41]:
Sure, he's all over, and he was a real nice guy.
Johnny Jet [00:28:44]:
Yeah, yeah, um, he is.
Leo Laporte [00:28:47]:
He's quite a— he's apparently quite— I've never met him.
Johnny Jet [00:28:49]:
Speaking of SFO or San Francisco, are you going to the 49ers game in Australia?
Leo Laporte [00:28:55]:
That's crazy. Are people doing that? Niners fans, definitely. They're playing the Rams.
Johnny Jet [00:29:01]:
It's the first game of the season. Second, the, the, the Seahawks are playing Wednesday night. The Rams and the Raiders— oh my God, the 49ers are playing.
Leo Laporte [00:29:10]:
I don't like the Seahawks one cotton-picking bit. They kind of kicked our booty.
Johnny Jet [00:29:16]:
Yeah, they did. So anyway, I thought you might be going to Australia. I went to Australia for the Dodgers game.
Leo Laporte [00:29:21]:
You did?
Johnny Jet [00:29:22]:
Yes.
Leo Laporte [00:29:22]:
Yankees fan, you went to see a Dodgers game?
Johnny Jet [00:29:25]:
Yes, they will invited me down and I was like, oh nice, it was amazing.
Leo Laporte [00:29:28]:
Well, if somebody in the Niners organization would like to invite me down, I would be glad to go. That's a long flight though, isn't it? Oh, you know who's on a plane right now, right as we speak? Benito, my producer, uh, has a home here in the Bay Area and he also has family in the Philippines and he's been living with his mom in the Philippines for the last 6 months. He's— he got on a plane late last night, and I'm guessing he's maybe just getting close to landing in San Francisco. It's a long flight. What's the longest flight you've ever been on, John?
Johnny Jet [00:30:01]:
I was on the longest commercial. I was on the inaugural Singapore Airlines to Newark, New York. Um, it's 18 and a half hours, and I've never been more jet-lagged in my life. This is when Spider-Man came out. This is 2004.
Leo Laporte [00:30:16]:
And I remember, well, if they made it 6 more hours, you wouldn't be jet lagged, you'd just have lost a day.
Johnny Jet [00:30:21]:
Well, they're— Qantas is coming out with a New York to Sydney. New York.
Leo Laporte [00:30:27]:
How long will that be?
Johnny Jet [00:30:28]:
That's going to be 22, I think.
Leo Laporte [00:30:30]:
That's awful. That's just awful. If you had lie flat, okay.
Johnny Jet [00:30:34]:
But anyway, I'd never been more jet lagged in my life. I remember walking across the street in New York after I landed in some some dude was just wearing a red hat, but I, I swore it was Spider-Man because— and I go, holy cow! And I was like, I, I gotta go to— I gotta go to my room and go to sleep.
Leo Laporte [00:30:52]:
I see Spider-Man. Johnny Jet is at johnnyjet.com. I'm sorry, this is a truncated version because I got my time all screwed up.
Johnny Jet [00:31:00]:
That's okay. And I have a couple more minutes if you need to go a little bit more.
Leo Laporte [00:31:04]:
Well, and by the way, you've got for us—
Johnny Jet [00:31:06]:
I, I got— I can go to 2:10.
Leo Laporte [00:31:09]:
Well, you don't need to. I'm just saying, whatever you want.
Johnny Jet [00:31:11]:
I'm happy to. Okay, because there's some things I want to talk about that are good.
Leo Laporte [00:31:14]:
I mean, well, let's talk about them. I don't mean to be distracting you. Go right ahead.
Johnny Jet [00:31:18]:
No, did you, um, go to watch— did you watch a baseball game last night? I'm sure you did. That's why I wore my hat.
Leo Laporte [00:31:23]:
I didn't.
Johnny Jet [00:31:24]:
You're not a Giants fan?
Leo Laporte [00:31:26]:
You know, I, I was. I was the president of the Giants fan club at KNBR. The Giants 68, the sports leader. But that was many years ago. And after the strike, it kind of— I kind of felt burned.
Johnny Jet [00:31:40]:
I understand.
Leo Laporte [00:31:42]:
And Lisa's a big NFL fan. And I'll be honest, you know, it's like eating spicy food. You eat a lot of spicy food, pretty soon everything else tastes bland. Now that I've been to the big show, the football game where there's a lot of action, baseball seems a little slow to me. I loved it. I used to love it. I loved going to the game. I went to You know, one year I think I'm into 40 or 50 games.
Leo Laporte [00:32:04]:
I mean, I really—
Johnny Jet [00:32:05]:
well, they are trying to speed it up and it has been slow.
Leo Laporte [00:32:07]:
You know, it is faster now.
Johnny Jet [00:32:08]:
I know, I, I like the, uh, the pitch clock and also ABS.
Leo Laporte [00:32:11]:
I didn't think I'd like that, uh, but I do. It is faster and not as many trips to the mound, but which I really—
Johnny Jet [00:32:20]:
and you can't throw over to first base more than twice.
Leo Laporte [00:32:23]:
Yeah, and I like it that— yeah, I just— everything in every respect, I think those changes actually At first I thought, this is terrible. I'm a classicist. I'm not— I don't want things to change. But having gone to some Giants games under the new rules, I kind of liked it.
Johnny Jet [00:32:39]:
And yesterday they came out with the ABS. You know, the pitchers, the batters, and the catchers can appeal right away. It has to be right away. Strike call, the pitch call, whatever is a strike or ball.
Leo Laporte [00:32:50]:
Oh, and it's not an appeal to the guy behind him. It's an appeal to the men upstairs.
Johnny Jet [00:32:55]:
They use the same technology as the— as all the tennis, uh, tournaments do.
Leo Laporte [00:33:00]:
So they— that's very accurate. Did a lot of people do that?
Johnny Jet [00:33:05]:
No, they only did it once yesterday in that game because you don't want to annoy the umpire. Well, you only get two.
Leo Laporte [00:33:11]:
Oh, you only get two. Okay.
Johnny Jet [00:33:13]:
And if you watch the World Baseball Classic, it ended on a bad pitch and they didn't have—
Leo Laporte [00:33:18]:
yes, I don't like that. And that happens. And that's why I'm— I don't mind seeing ABS. You know what I was really impressed. We went last year. I will go to— actually, I've got a game coming up this season. But, uh, I was really impressed by the statistics now of every pitch. You see so much information about the movement of the ball, all of that stuff.
Leo Laporte [00:33:36]:
It's right up there on the scoreboard. I think that's— I mean, if you're a junkie, if you're a big baseball— I, I used to be. I used to carry a score sheet with me.
Johnny Jet [00:33:45]:
Yeah.
Leo Laporte [00:33:46]:
And I'd wear the little radio headphones, you know, with the antenna, and I I would be sitting here and then be notating every pitch and every— and I used to do that. That was me.
Johnny Jet [00:33:56]:
Well, there's a, uh, there's a handle. I know you're not on Twitter, but there's a handle on X called Umpire Scorecard, and they just roast every umpire. I will.
Leo Laporte [00:34:08]:
I've been lately, I've been reading X because it's the best place to get all the AI news and then some. Okay. I don't post, but I read. So what is the handle? What is it?
Johnny Jet [00:34:19]:
Uh, I think it's Baseball Scorecard, Umpire Scorecard.
Leo Laporte [00:34:22]:
Umpire scorecard. Okay, I like the goss— I like the goss— I like the dissing, I like the gossip.
Johnny Jet [00:34:28]:
And if anyone has T-Mobile this week, you can get free MLB TV. You just got to go into their app, and it expires on the 31st. And I don't get paid by T-Mobile or anything like that, but I do have T-Mobile, and I do watch— I can watch the Yankees. You can only watch out-of-market games.
Leo Laporte [00:34:45]:
Johnny, I think you're a baseball fan. Oh, definitely. Is this entire scorecards Uh, let me see. Or is it Umpire Scorecards Analysis?
Johnny Jet [00:34:54]:
It's the first one.
Leo Laporte [00:34:56]:
It's actually— you want to follow both because it sounds like—
Johnny Jet [00:34:59]:
I haven't seen the other one, but I definitely—
Leo Laporte [00:35:00]:
this is analysis of data from Umpire Sportscard. Okay, scorecards.
Johnny Jet [00:35:06]:
So, so go, go into the Umpire Scorecards and just get a sample. The umpire last night did great in my—
Leo Laporte [00:35:13]:
Bill Milley. Oh, so they're scoring. Oh, look at that, 91 accuracy. This is stuff we didn't know.
Johnny Jet [00:35:19]:
Totally.
Leo Laporte [00:35:20]:
And now we know.
Johnny Jet [00:35:22]:
Well, I thought he did a great job last night, but, you know, they only gave— they gave him a 91%.
Leo Laporte [00:35:27]:
Well, I think that's probably pretty good. I'm surprised it's that high, to be honest. It's a tough thing to do. Have you ever called a ball game?
Johnny Jet [00:35:36]:
No, I had—
Leo Laporte [00:35:37]:
I did a little bit in, uh, you know, Little League, and, uh, standing there, I was first place— first base, uh, umpire. That's really hard because it's so close, you know.
Johnny Jet [00:35:49]:
Parents yelling at you.
Leo Laporte [00:35:51]:
Well, it wasn't even that. It's— you go, I don't know, did he get there first? I don't know, I can't tell, right? It's a, it's a real skill. Oh, this is, this is cool. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure umpires hate the hell out of this.
Johnny Jet [00:36:06]:
Definitely. And I mean, there's a couple of umpires that are notorious for, you know—
Leo Laporte [00:36:13]:
oh yeah, we always knew that too. You know, when you go to a game, you know, oh, they got Bill, oh, it's not good.
Johnny Jet [00:36:19]:
It's literally like a foot out and you're like, what?
Leo Laporte [00:36:21]:
Yeah, just a little outside. Yeah, just, just, um, a little Bob Euker action there.
Johnny Jet [00:36:28]:
Definitely.
Leo Laporte [00:36:28]:
What else? We got off sidetracked on baseball. We're supposed to talk travel with Chuck.
Johnny Jet [00:36:33]:
Yeah, so last week, last time I was on, Someone asked me about ETIAS and I was like, you know what? I don't know the right answer right now. I totally spaced on it.
Leo Laporte [00:36:42]:
Is that an airline? No.
Johnny Jet [00:36:44]:
So when you're traveling to Europe, you're going to need to— it's basically, it's not a visa. It's, it's a background check, but you need, and it's actually, they were supposed to start in 2023. They postponed it. It's now going to be later this year, supposedly the last quarter. So either October, November, or December. It was going to be €7. Now it's going to be €20 per person. But if you're going to go to Europe, at least to the Schengen area, which is 29 countries— Austria, Belgium, Croatia—
Leo Laporte [00:37:14]:
what we think of as Europe, basically.
Johnny Jet [00:37:16]:
Yeah, well, oh, the UK is not in there.
Leo Laporte [00:37:19]:
Uh, well, we know that. They Brexited, right?
Johnny Jet [00:37:23]:
So there are some places you have to get one of these before. It's like, it's like going to Australia. When you go to Australia, you need to, you need to—
Leo Laporte [00:37:29]:
it's like a visa, basically.
Johnny Jet [00:37:31]:
Basically, but this is more of a background check and you put in your information.
Leo Laporte [00:37:36]:
We're all doing this. I mean, you know, I've— just one more thing, and it's kind of stories of tourists being refused entry into the United States, uh, because of their social—
Johnny Jet [00:37:48]:
definitely. I mean, we're, we're getting to be terrible. I mean, have you ever watched Border Security?
Leo Laporte [00:37:53]:
No. Is that like Cops but it's with the border?
Johnny Jet [00:37:55]:
Yes. On YouTube, there's an Australian one that I love. It's border security here. They have one for— they have one for Colombia, um, they have one for— in Bogota, they have one for—
Leo Laporte [00:38:09]:
probably good to watch this so you know that it— as bad as it might be here, it's not as bad as it could be.
Johnny Jet [00:38:15]:
You know, the one in, like, the one in, um, Colombia, you know, people are smuggling drugs all the time, and yeah, you You know, they're just basically mules. They have no idea. They're poor, right? They swallow the drugs and they make people die. They make them go into an X-ray. No, is that it? Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's, that's the Australia one.
Leo Laporte [00:38:40]:
Border Security Australia. 10 mind-blowing internal smuggling— oh, internal smuggling attempts. Okay, all right, okay, you know what that means.
Johnny Jet [00:38:51]:
Yeah, I haven't watched it on YouTube. I, I watch it when I'm in Australia and I'm like, oh my God, I just love it. But I didn't know they were— I did hear they were on YouTube. Yeah, but the other ones are on Nat Geo here in the UK.
Leo Laporte [00:39:04]:
Okay, everybody's got a reality show these days.
Johnny Jet [00:39:07]:
There's a Canadian one too, and the Canadian border, you know, they're tough. They're always the toughest to me besides Australia.
Leo Laporte [00:39:14]:
You know, people, uh, think Mounties are cute. 'Cause they have nice outfits.
Johnny Jet [00:39:18]:
Yeah.
Leo Laporte [00:39:19]:
Those Mounties are tough.
Johnny Jet [00:39:21]:
Yeah, they are.
Leo Laporte [00:39:22]:
They're not, it's not, we're not talking Dudley Do-Right here. This is—
Johnny Jet [00:39:25]:
But most Canadians would tell you that Americans are tough to them. So I think it's a little bit of—
Leo Laporte [00:39:29]:
It goes both ways. I used to go, as you know, I used to go to Canada every month.
Johnny Jet [00:39:34]:
Yeah.
Leo Laporte [00:39:35]:
And I had stapled into my passport a letter from Rogers saying he works for us, but we're not paying him or whatever it was, you know, something to appease them. They had to have all this rigmarole. And I still got the stink eye every, every time. How long you stay?
Johnny Jet [00:39:51]:
If you tell them you're going for work and you're like, boom, oh no, they'll turn you away.
Leo Laporte [00:39:54]:
Yep. Can't take money out of good Canadian hands.
Johnny Jet [00:39:58]:
Yes. And the same thing, I was watching that border one for the US and they had this German lady coming over. She was going to a trade show on like pens and ink. And they looked at her bag and they're like, you're here to go to a trade show, aren't you? She's like, yeah, but I'm not making anything paid or anything. They're like, well, you didn't get the visa. They put her back on the next flight. That— that— she didn't even leave the airport. Yeah, it is, uh, good.
Johnny Jet [00:40:23]:
It's not good to lie to those guys.
Leo Laporte [00:40:24]:
That's why— because I, uh, go to— used to go to Canada all the time. I got Global Entry, um, and Nexus.
Johnny Jet [00:40:31]:
But did you get Nexus for Canada?
Leo Laporte [00:40:33]:
Uh, maybe. I don't— yeah, probably, right? That's the Canadian version.
Johnny Jet [00:40:37]:
So Nexus is Canadians, but it comes with Global Entry as well.
Leo Laporte [00:40:41]:
Yeah, I think that's what I got.
Johnny Jet [00:40:42]:
So that's the way to do it.
Leo Laporte [00:40:44]:
But the problem is I have it, but my wife doesn't. So I get in a line with her because you can't just say, well, okay, I'll see you, honey. Uh, I'm just gonna—
Johnny Jet [00:40:53]:
I, I can, and I do, because that teaches you—
Leo Laporte [00:40:56]:
you do? You're a bad man. You're a bad man.
Johnny Jet [00:40:58]:
I have. And I'm like, hey, I'll see you on the other side.
Leo Laporte [00:41:00]:
And that way, see you on the other side. I'll be in the bar getting a drink while you get strip searched. It's okay.
Johnny Jet [00:41:06]:
Well, you know, they'll be mad for a little bit, but then they'll go sign up right when they get through.
Leo Laporte [00:41:10]:
That's true.
Johnny Jet [00:41:10]:
While they're in line, they're waiting, they sign up. Otherwise they won't sign up. I keep—
Leo Laporte [00:41:16]:
she keeps wanting to do Clear, and I keep saying, I don't know about— I know when I had Clear, it was embarrassing. I've talked about this before.
Johnny Jet [00:41:22]:
We talked about it.
Leo Laporte [00:41:23]:
The bus— the bus, you had to head of the line. But then nowadays with these long lines, maybe I'm thinking maybe Clear.
Johnny Jet [00:41:29]:
And if you have a premium credit card, it pays for it. Just charge it, right? You'll get a chargeback.
Leo Laporte [00:41:33]:
You get a chargeback.
Johnny Jet [00:41:34]:
It's just 8 weeks.
Leo Laporte [00:41:35]:
Yeah.
Johnny Jet [00:41:35]:
So definitely do that. Let me see if there's anything else that's pressing. Um, I mean, what else can I tell you? That's— I think that's pretty much it. Global Entry is back.
Leo Laporte [00:41:49]:
When I was on last month, yes, there was some concern because, uh, the late, great Kristi Noem said we're not going to have Global Entry anymore, but she was immediately reversed. So that— so they're still doing— they're still doing that. Yes.
Johnny Jet [00:42:02]:
So Global Entry is okay. You know, I'm, I was supposed to travel next week, and I'm like, you know what, if this, if this, uh, scary, isn't it? Well, it's just that this TSA, if they don't fund these guys, which they have to, I, they, I really do think they'll do it by tomorrow, uh, before they go.
Leo Laporte [00:42:20]:
How long is the congressional break?
Johnny Jet [00:42:21]:
This is 2 weeks.
Leo Laporte [00:42:24]:
2 weeks.
Johnny Jet [00:42:26]:
I'm hoping, I, I, I'd put money on it, it'll be done by tomorrow, but if it's not I would not be traveling over spring break.
Leo Laporte [00:42:35]:
When is spring break?
Johnny Jet [00:42:37]:
For— I mean, it's been going on, but for most people it's right after, uh, Easter.
Leo Laporte [00:42:42]:
Around Easter.
Johnny Jet [00:42:43]:
It's right after Easter usually.
Leo Laporte [00:42:45]:
So I think we're waiting to go to Hawaii till, till May for that.
Johnny Jet [00:42:48]:
May 1st, you're fine. There's definitely no spring— that's a, that's a good time to go.
Leo Laporte [00:42:51]:
And it's too early for the kids to go, too late for the older kids to go. So I'm hoping it's a sweet spot.
Johnny Jet [00:43:00]:
Yeah, it should be good.
Leo Laporte [00:43:00]:
It won't be too hot, won't be too cold.
Johnny Jet [00:43:03]:
And if you should be able to buy an upgrade for cheap— ah, but you always look, you never know.
Leo Laporte [00:43:10]:
I don't think I've ever bought an upgrade in my life because I'm cheap.
Johnny Jet [00:43:15]:
Well, listen, sometimes you can— sometimes it's actually cheaper to buy an upgrade than it is to pay for coach because it includes bags and it includes food.
Leo Laporte [00:43:23]:
This stunned me, the bag fee. On United was, I think, $80 for a single bag.
Johnny Jet [00:43:28]:
Uh, not for a single.
Leo Laporte [00:43:30]:
It was a lot. I was surprised how expensive it was. It didn't include— so sometimes you'll get a ticket, doesn't include baggage. Definitely you have to pay for it.
Johnny Jet [00:43:38]:
Most tickets are. So that's why— or try and upgrade it. Factor that in.
Leo Laporte [00:43:44]:
In fact, that was Southwest's thing, bags free. Now Southwest is no longer doing that, and they're reserving the seats.
Johnny Jet [00:43:52]:
Southwest has lost their way. I wrote a story recently and it actually kind of went viral because so many people are like, Southwest has lost it. I mean, this Elliott investors, they came in, yeah, they bought 11% on the board, they got people on the board.
Leo Laporte [00:44:10]:
He made them do it.
Johnny Jet [00:44:11]:
He made them do it. And guess what? They're gonna— they're— I guarantee they're gonna like cash out, make some money, and Southwest has changed their, their way. They lost a lot of loyal customers. You no longer get free checked bags. You know, they do assigned seating instead of open seating. You know, you can't, you can't change your ticket for free, or expires after a year. I mean, they really, uh, and the flight attendants don't seem to be as happy as they used to be.
Leo Laporte [00:44:38]:
And they used to be jolly.
Johnny Jet [00:44:39]:
They were the best.
Leo Laporte [00:44:40]:
In fact, I had a Southwest flight attendant who was famous for making crowns out of pretzel packets.
Johnny Jet [00:44:46]:
Yes, I've seen that.
Leo Laporte [00:44:47]:
Come to the studio, she made me a pretzel packet.
Johnny Jet [00:44:49]:
Well, I saw it. I've seen them online, the video.
Leo Laporte [00:44:51]:
Yeah, she came to the street, she was visiting with her family, and she gave me a crown made out of pretzel packets. I don't know where it is. It might— we might have eaten it.
Johnny Jet [00:45:01]:
I don't know. There were some of the funniest jokes I've heard.
Leo Laporte [00:45:05]:
I mean, they were— they would say things on the PA, it would be hysterical. Yeah, I really always enjoyed it. That was smart because it made it fun. Definitely not fun anymore.
Johnny Jet [00:45:15]:
They took the fun out for a lot of them.
Leo Laporte [00:45:17]:
So Johnny Jet, you make traveling fun. Johnnyjet.com is his website. Uh, you should go there. You should subscribe to his newsletters. He's got great travel tips. If you'll— if you, you know, nowadays maybe we're not traveling as much, but maybe we want to think about it. We want to dream about it. We want to get a little extra comfort, relax row.
Leo Laporte [00:45:39]:
For ourselves.
Johnny Jet [00:45:40]:
Well, people are traveling, you know.
Leo Laporte [00:45:43]:
Are they?
Johnny Jet [00:45:44]:
I interviewed, I interviewed, uh, Scott Kirby, the CEO of United, the other day, and, and actually told everyone in the audience that 7 of their 10 biggest days of the year for bookings have been in this, this quarter. I think because people were worried that prices are going to go up so much, they're just buying tickets.
Leo Laporte [00:46:03]:
Uh, that might be like so Let's go now while we still can.
Johnny Jet [00:46:07]:
Yeah, people are still buying. I mean, everyone's going to travel. We just hope, uh, you know, it gets a little bit—
Leo Laporte [00:46:14]:
did the Yankees win last night?
Johnny Jet [00:46:16]:
Yeah, 7-0. First time, first time the Giants have been shut out on opening day in 100 years.
Leo Laporte [00:46:23]:
That's what we get for doing cross-league, interleague play. That's what we get for that.
Johnny Jet [00:46:29]:
Well, the idea was that 2 years ago they almost got Aaron Judge and they were booing Aaron Judge, although he struck out 4 times yesterday. Good.
Leo Laporte [00:46:37]:
Um, they still beat us 7-0.
Johnny Jet [00:46:39]:
And he's from— he grew up 96 miles from the ballpark.
Leo Laporte [00:46:43]:
Did he?
Johnny Jet [00:46:44]:
I love Aaron Judge. He's a—
Leo Laporte [00:46:45]:
well, of course you love Aaron Judge, you're a Yankees fan.
Johnny Jet [00:46:47]:
Yes, of course.
Leo Laporte [00:46:48]:
Who wouldn't love Aaron Judge?
Johnny Jet [00:46:49]:
He's just a good dude.
Leo Laporte [00:46:50]:
I mean, if you're a Dodgers fan, you love Ohtani. Who wouldn't?
Johnny Jet [00:46:52]:
I mean, I love Ohtani too. How can you not love the dude? The dude is better than Babe Ruth. He is the—
Leo Laporte [00:46:57]:
I know, best player ever. So how did that happen?
Johnny Jet [00:47:02]:
I, I don't know.
Leo Laporte [00:47:04]:
Pitcher, slugger. I mean, yeah, next, next thing you know, you'll have left-handed catchers.
Johnny Jet [00:47:14]:
What? Mr.
Leo Laporte [00:47:19]:
Johnny Jet, I love seeing you. It's so good to see you. Give my love to the family. We'll see you again next month for Jet Set Johnny with Johnny.
Johnny Jet [00:47:26]:
Every other month. I think Anthony said we're going to do it.
Leo Laporte [00:47:28]:
Yeah, let's do it every other month because you know why? Because I don't want to work so hard.
Johnny Jet [00:47:32]:
I'm with you, dude. I got—
Leo Laporte [00:47:34]:
Yeah, every other month would be good. How if we do it that? Okay.
Johnny Jet [00:47:37]:
Okay.
Leo Laporte [00:47:37]:
All right. That's fair. All right. So 2 months from now. That's a good point. I might not be here next month. So there you go. So that's better.
Leo Laporte [00:47:46]:
No, I will be. All right, Johnny, have a great week. Johnny Jet, everybody. Thanks especially to our club members who make this possible. These club shows wouldn't happen without you. If you're not a member, If you're watching live and you'd like to be a member, twit.tv/club. Johnny's got a club, we got a club, everybody got a club. Gotta have a club.
Leo Laporte [00:48:07]:
Bye, John.
Johnny Jet [00:48:08]:
See ya, take care.
