<story><title>I lived in LA and commuted to Berkeley by plane to save on rent</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/13hv95y/i_survived_living_in_la_and_commuting_to_cal_by/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>akiselev</author><text>Key quotes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; I was living in LA, rent free.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; I love flying and I have a lot of frequent flyer miles&amp;#x2F;points from credit card sign up bonus&amp;#x2F;flying over the past few years.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; I booked all my tickets for Fall 2022 back in April and May 2022. Then I booked all my tickets for Spring 2023 back in Nov 2022. Most tickets were booked using Alaska miles or Southwest points&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; I have elite status with Alaska and Southwest, both offer a valuable perk called same-day change. I always book the cheapest flight of that day and call them when the check-in window opened to change to other flights of that day free of charge.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; Spent 45972 minutes on my commute, equivalent to 31.93 24-hr days.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;So basically, if you&amp;#x27;re rich and have already spent several times the cost of rent on travel in your gap year(s), willing to spend over 20 hours a week commuting for 3 days of class, and have literally no concept of the value of your time, you too can afford the miserable commute from LA to Berkeley for university!</text></comment>
<story><title>I lived in LA and commuted to Berkeley by plane to save on rent</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/13hv95y/i_survived_living_in_la_and_commuting_to_cal_by/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kpw94</author><text>&amp;gt; Total Cost: $5592.66&lt;p&gt;For 10 months. Even if true story, only make sense if you can find rent $559 cheaper in LA (and don&amp;#x27;t value your time &amp;amp; the environment of course). It was extra special for the OP as he&amp;#x27;d live rent free in LA.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Typically, the door-to-door commute time between my home in LA and my classroom in Berkeley is 4-5hrs EACH WAY&lt;p&gt;Waking up at 3:30am and wasting 9h every day doesn&amp;#x27;t seem worth the $ savings. I feel a part time on-campus job or something would be less draining, more rewarding, and financially same...</text></comment>