Read? Six Months After Not Doing Anything To Increase GDP As Jobless Man! Saving money vs. Saving time Unlce8888 has initially planned for Taiwan Round 4 in March 2017; but it was cancelled due to his Hernia operations in March so he postponed to August to visit Cairns and avoiding Taiwan due to Typhoon season beginning in August. Flight fare to Cairns Australia is more costly as compared to flight to Taiwan so must do some airfare comparison! Skyscanner shows: (a) Direct flight by SilkAir : $1.5K, 6 hrs 45 mins (b) 1 Stopover by BA+Qantas : $960  19 hrs 55 mins Both ways saving for two persons: $1,080 Time spent at airport during two stopovers : 26 hours When Uncle8888 was working and his annual leaves are limited so the choice of saving money vs. saving time is simpler. Saving time is better than saving money ......