Date: September 18th, 2023 4:39 PM Author: judgmental gaming laptop
lets say intl biz is $3k/tic and coach is $1k/tic, which means it's an extra $8k for intl biz
and lets say a super-luxe hotel is $2500/n versus the ordinary very nice 5* is $500/n... and you're going for a week to two different places, and you'll splurge 4 nights on the super-luxe hotel in one city and stay 3 nights at the regular $500 5* in the other city... which means you're paying an extra $8k for the hotel splurge.
which is the CR splurge, assuming you can only afford one or the other?
i think it's def the intl biz. the super-luxe splurge isnt worth it and kids will have the time of their lives at the $500 hotel, and kids will really remember the intl biz experience with lounges and fancy seats and shit.
Date: September 18th, 2023 4:41 PM Author: Charismatic indigo national juggernaut
You may wanna get a second job bartending if you can only afford one, but supposing this is purely hypothetical and you aren’t that low income I’d choose hotel. 4 nights of luxury versus 10 hours or so
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:10 PM Author: excitant misanthropic plaza
to me this is obviously the right answer, on a $ per time basis the difference is massive, intl biz is a shockingly poor use of money, just get exit row seats in coach
also, taking kids into biz and where they’ll cry and scream all flight, I feel for the other pax
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:17 PM Author: judgmental gaming laptop
the problem w/ all you doing this $/time analysis is it seems unfounded to assume you get the same marginal pleasure per hour from each one.
just do exit rows in coach is perhaps fighting the hypo... plus kids < 18 cant even sit in exit rows. and even if they can, lets assume they're unavailable
Date: September 18th, 2023 4:59 PM Author: judgmental gaming laptop
with little kids, are u really hitting the ground running? for US-europe flight with kids, i assume the arrival day is wasted and u just have to check into the hotel and chill.
Date: September 18th, 2023 5:04 PM Author: richard clock
its the flight by far. a normal 5 star hotel will be perfectly fine, and the difference between intl biz and coach far outstrips the difference between megaluxe hotel and normal five star. your qol improvement will be way higher with the biz flight imo
Date: September 18th, 2023 5:14 PM Author: gerstern
We think the same way. You have to be a real faggot if you care about whether your hotel experience is 4-star or 5-star unless you're traveling to a destination specifically to hide out at the hotel for the week (which, to be fair, I sometimes do e.g., in the Caribbean or if the hotel is a destination unto itself like the Breakers). But generally the hotel should be a base from which you go and do fun shit not the purpose of the trip. On the other hand upgrading from coach to business on an international trip makes a huge difference.
Date: September 18th, 2023 5:26 PM Author: hideous appetizing set
for a business traveler, sure. if you're traveling with kids, business class is of no help until they're at least 5 or 6. i'd hate to have a toddler in their own lie flat seat.
If your wife has never done it before, spring for the tix; she'll be underwhelmed and probably never moan about it again, if she has, then go for the hotel room which will be a better value
Date: September 18th, 2023 5:21 PM Author: judgmental gaming laptop
my wife has never flown biz. ive told her that: 1) now that i have to use my miles for 2 tix rather than one, i need to save my miles and be more careful with them, and 2) with all the devaluations, biz awards are relatively way the fuck more miles-expensive versus coach than before we met, so its not as good a deal. she's logical for a woman so she actually gets it.
she's happy with the lounge experience which we get since i'm LT PLT.
Date: September 18th, 2023 5:27 PM Author: Charismatic indigo national juggernaut
My wife has to fly biz because she’s so goddamn fucking fat. It pisses me off that I’m incentivizing her but at the same time I’m doing a service to economy proles who don’t need to be around that beast
See if you can figure out a way to fly biz for yourself and put the family in coach. Say there's a fire drill at work and you'll have to catch the next flight or something
Does DL still let you buy a YBM fare and then upgrade with points? I did that once and it was nice and the lie flat seats were chill, but I would never pay full freight for it
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:19 PM Author: Rebellious Knife
I personally can’t imagine taking my crew on some kind of international trip. I’d rather divide and conquer (I’ll take 3 solo trips, then one trip with my wife + 2kids, leaving 2 with grandparents, and alternate the kids out each year).
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:41 PM Author: smoky pocket flask
this “my man” thing that you end all your posts with, is that a direct translation from Mandarin? pro tip it makes you sound off when you’re trying to speak or write English
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:43 PM Author: Buff shrine
You’d have to be an actual gay retard to pay $4K for your kids to fly first class. Flying with kids under 4-5 is hell so it’s not like you would even enjoy premium air travel. The CR here is to splurge on a hotel with a kids club or hiring babysitters so you can actually enjoy your trip.
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:46 PM Author: Buff shrine
Also just realized this is DBG and he changed his post capitalization. So it is an actually gay retard and zero percent chance PDDJ is “TOAS” and defy you to post pics (no face) proving me wrong.
Date: September 18th, 2023 8:48 PM Author: judgmental gaming laptop
that's fighting the hypo... but i agree it's CR to splurge on babysitters / kids club / paying for grandparents to travel with you to help watch the kids
Date: September 18th, 2023 11:39 PM Author: Pungent School Cafeteria
biz class with kids is only cr if you get drunk and tell them horror stories about how the ticket cost 2k more than the 1k ticket for the people 20 feet behind them and they need to get good grades and have you pay for college then get good grades again then apply to law school and have you pay for it and get good grades and interview every year and get a good job then move to a random city and show up every day and work for a week and give half their money back to the government to have 2k. this is all assuming you still pay their rent obviously. and lunch and everything else.
Date: September 19th, 2023 9:58 AM Author: internet-worthy very tactful corn cake menage
"kids will have the time of their lives at the $500 hotel, and kids will really remember the intl biz experience with lounges and fancy seats and shit."