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[quote=Anonymous]DH's 78-year-old father is dying of cancer and it's fairly advanced. He has lost about 60 lbs in the last 8 months, is having continence issues, has dementia, and is fairly weak although can still walk slowly for short stretches.  FIL was originally going to finish his life out here and die in our home, but for complicated reasons, FIL is being moved from our place to my sister-in-law's place across the country on the west coast.  BIL is going to be accompanying him on the journey from here to there, and BIL and SIL were in charge of buying his plane ticket. The journey involves one connection, since there are no direct flights from the DC area to the town where they live.  FIL is from another country and does not have health insurance here, but he has a relatively large sum of cash money in the bank (upwards of $80,000) and is going to be leaving it 50-50 to DH and to SIL.  Any expenses for his care incurred by either DH or SIL can be reimbursed from his estate when he dies.

When BIL and SIL bought the plane tickets for FIL and BIL, they bought coach seats.  DH is furious that they "cheaped out" and did not try to maximize FIL's comfort on what is going to be the last plane trip of his life, and accuses SIL of wanting to preserve her inheritance instead of seeing FIL's money as a way to ensure FIL gets good care and comfort in his last weeks or couple of months.  (Any time in the past 10 years that FIL has flown either to the US or across the US, DH has always been the one to buy his ticket and has always flown him business class or first class.)  BIL and SIL will say that first class is a "waste of money" and coach will be fine, and they've arranged wheelchair service.

So who's right?  In this situation, if you were buying the plane tickets, what would you do: first class or coach?[/quote]

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