# Hey Jetstar (budget domestic airline in Aus). FUCK YOU **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012 "2021-03-30T06:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012/11 "2021-03-30T23:11:20Z")
(I don’t mind, I love me some hijack) If you want to really see the country instead of flying over it (or driving past on a freeway), Greyhound or Amtrak is the way to go. Even before Covid, I was trying to avoid planes (and the demeaning TSA/check-in/seating experience) , and trying not to put any more money in airlines’ pockets. I even turned down far-flung conferences in favor of ones I could drive to. But I’ve found that when I drive, I don’t get to just stare out the window like I’d prefer, AND the quickest route is _around_ cities on generic-looking freeways. But bus and train stations are often in the more colorful parts of town… or at least the more industrial (in which case the color is rust). I loved taking the train cross-country and seeing a lot of cities “from the backside”. And now I’m spoiled since I started taking the bus to Chicago on weekends… or sometimes bussing as far as Harvard, IL and grabbing the train ([Metra line](https://metrarail.com/maps-schedules/train-lines/UP-Nw/map)). See the city, no worries about wandering then having to get back to the car… and hey, no crazy parking fees! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012)._