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Well, I probably would too, but depending on the airline, that is nearing first class levels.

Of course on many/most planes "first class" does not get you isolation from children... (certainly not for that low a price) but at least you get unlimited liquor and legroom. I'd be willing to pay more for a flight without children but I would want some unlimited liquor once I go over 200 or so.

On this note, what would be the booze situation on hyperloops? There isn't an aisle on those things as far as I can tell, which means no stewardesses... Maybe per-seat minibars could be installed on them? Strictly speaking it wouldn't be necessary for 30 minute rides, but I see no reason this idea shouldn't be scaled up past 30 minute trips (Musk points out that supersonic airliners are better at longer distances, but since we don't have those either I'd settle for a 30+ minute hyperloop. Both a hyperloop and a return of Concord/Tu-144 would be great of course.)

Don't worry -- once the hyperloop is built and running and we still don't have a practical supersonic airliner, Musk will sigh and design one of those for us too.
IIRC, he's actually talked about electric airliners a few times, though I'm not sure if those ideas were for supersonic electric airliners. I suspect not, but at the least it seems to be an industry he has thought about.