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tnd

10-Dec-2008
1:01:38 PM

Business class is cool! There's nothing wrong with a bit of luxury.


nmonteith

10-Dec-2008
1:42:52 PM

$ per hour rate for business class just isn't great value. it would take a hell of a lot of very fancy dinners and weeks of hotel bills to equal the extra money they want to charge. I'd much prefer to be sleeping in a king size bed in a boutique hotel whilst being fed amazing food after i arrive in the destination country rather than some crappy 'fancy' drinks on a slightly more comfortable bed/seat on a noisy plane.


JamesMc

10-Dec-2008
2:01:33 PM

You're right Neil. In my current situation, Business Class was all I could get with frequent flyer points; I'd have had to actually pay real money to go cattle class. But it is nice.

JamesMc


wallwombat

10-Dec-2008
5:43:45 PM

On 5/12/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>Every grand saved is at least another month on the road...

This is the crux of it for me.

Pop some Xanex, down a few whiskeys and say nigh-nigh! Stuff giving the airlines any more of your cash than you need to. Especially if it means you can spend more time on the road.

rod

11-Dec-2008
11:41:25 PM

On 10/12/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>$ per hour rate for business class just isn't great value. it would take
>a hell of a lot of very fancy dinners and weeks of hotel bills to equal
>the extra money they want to charge. I'd much prefer to be sleeping in
>a king size bed in a boutique hotel whilst being fed amazing food after
>i arrive in the destination country rather than some crappy 'fancy' drinks
>on a slightly more comfortable bed/seat on a noisy plane.

I'm with Neil on this one, its WAY over rated and i've done a shitload. I think the only cool thing you'd find about it is being dressed and smelling like a climber amidst people facing work at the other end. People wise, the only guy I can think of over the years that I've had a decent conversation with up front is Carlos Moya...people in cattle class are way more interesting.

With any luck I'll not climb on a flight in business class for years starting 30/4/2009!

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