Question regarding WoD / Legion gated flying

[Ocholoco79]

Good day. Having been away from WoW since WotLK, I just read about flying for subsequent releases, and discovered that Blizzard has built an intentional time sink around WoD and Legion flying.

Q) It appears that with the 3 week - 1 month grind for each gate, that the most time is spent in faction grinding. I think.

So, since I have found that wearing a faction tabbard while running dungeons can VASTLY ramp up the faction grind, does this mean that I could possibly reduce the time sink to a week or so each per expansion? I Hope.

Q) Or do people just say F the forced grind and just ground travel to Legion instances? I hope not.

Thanks.