"You Can Check In Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave..."

[brooklynite]

Check in but never leave: Taiwan offers fake flights for travel-starved tourists

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Starved of the travel experience during the coronavirus lockdown? One Taiwanese airport has the solution - a fake itinerary where you check in, go through passport control and security and even board the aircraft. You just never leave.

Taipei’s downtown Songshan airport on Thursday began offering travelers the chance to do just that, with some 60 people eager to get going, albeit to nowhere.

Around 7,000 people applied to take part, the winners chosen by random. More fake flight experiences will take place in coming weeks.

“I really want to leave the country, but because of the epidemic lots of flights can’t fly,” said Hsiao Chun-wei, 38, who brought her young son.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-airport/check-in-but-never-leave-taiwan-offers-fake-flights-for-travel-starved-tourists-idUSKBN2430RV

[Mariana]

1. That's ... really weird. nt.

[captain queeg]

2. Everyone misses that part of traveling. Being sarcastic.

[Mike 03]

5. You're not kidding.

Can you imagine if you could "have the experience" of waiting in line to get into Disneyland, buying a ticket, and then your experience was over?

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. They should develop a virtual dentist visit next

including a root canal.

[Mike 03]

3. One day psychiatrists will write papers about this.

[Nay]

7. No kidding. This is crazy-level strange.

Who misses being squashed onto a plane?

[Historic NY]

4. Well Americans can't go anywhere at the moment even with a passport...

virtual trips with a real feel. My tour company keeps putting them out.

[sop]

6. We really need made-up news broadcasts, pretending they're reporting November's election

results and telling us Trump lost in a landslide. Some days the thought of that is the only thing keeping me sane.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Total Recall, without all the good fake memories...

[Hugin]

9. How hilarious while still being...

therapeutic.

Scratch that itch!