I was thinking the same thing, is it worth it for domestic flights, but then I said what the heck, you only live once. We too have a $15K a month spending budget, and I'm six years into retirement. DW and I will be celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary soon and will be flying first class to a domestic destination and only a 1 1/2-hour flight. So, I say if you want and can afford, go for it.
My daughter has these perks with her job (I'm on her "list" so I do, too). I'm still working to figure out the rules.
I've always thought there should be a section for those with young kids. The kids section should have plexiglass around it to keep the sound inside. I've sat close to kids who screamed for 5 hours on a flight. At first I felt sorry for them (thinking perhaps they couldn't clear their ears.) Before the flight was through, my thoughts were much darker. May God forgive me.
There is. It's called "cargo."
This is one of those expenses that's difficult to come to a conclusion about because it's so entirely subjective. My opinion is that it's absolutely not worth it, but I do it anyway. I like this logic because it helps me make cleaner decisions and keeps me away from believing my own bs. For example we have a standby generator at our house. And we have those mini split heat pumps for air conditioning and backup heating. I don't believe that either one of those isn't intelligent use of money, I think we've spent $5 for every $1 in value and for a first class ticket we're spending $10 for every $1 and value, but we can afford it, and there are benefits that we appreciate. That's the problem with articulating and coming to a rational judgment about some of these luxuries. When we ask ourselves is it worth it, all sorts of crazy circuit breakers go off in our head. I will first class because I'm 6'4, and I appreciate being treated like royalty from time to time. It makes me feel rich. And I think it's good for a person to feel rich because they'll attract will be attracted to paths toward more richness. That's a little metaphysical but I think there's some truth wrapped up in there somewhere.
+1. My dad always said about owning a big boat: "If you try to rationalize it by putting a dollar figure to it, you'd never do it. You do it because you love doing it".
I don't think that works though. Most airlines require a passenger name to book a seat, and don't allow duplicates.
Most airlines require those with special physical needs or who might be severely obese to book two seats. JetBlue has a tick box you can check to purchase and exrea seat for any reason. "Check here if this is an extra seat". This insures that your name is assigned to both seats.
It does, musicians with larger instruments do it all the time. You do need to check in for both seats or they may give it away to standbys.
You can buy an extra seat on all US based airlines.
Knowing my luck, they'd have people trying to get on an overbooked flight and try to use my seat. But if I paid for it, a very heated debate would ensue...
See posts #116, 117 and 118.
Now there's an idea that never occurred to me. I kinda like it. What "name" do you apply to the seat when you buy the extra ticket?
I'm not sure, but has my question been answered above? Anybody with "real world" experience been able to "keep" their extra seat when someone else wanted to take it? What about overbooking - when someone wanted to take it away from you just because it was empty?
See posts #116, 117 a 118. As noted in 116, there's often a "check here if this is an extra seat" tick box when making a reservation. As noted in 118, some airlines you have to call, but all US airlines allow this.
That is never a good idea, easy way to get yourself kicked off the flight.
