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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) insta and FB are curated - it’s what people want you to think of their life - not what their life really is - the exception are the influencers - but they’re a different subject

2) many of these “jet setters” are fakers (most are, just look at the data). They’re not living it up as much as it looks like. They’re taking budget flights, with multiple connections, with overstuffed carryons, sleeping at budget hotels and hostels, etc. they’re also prioritizing their spend to save for these trips.

3) if that’s what you want to do - do it too - image citation just takes time and desire. I’m taking a international trip with one of my “jet set” friends, and the difference is stark. My travel and accommodations budget is much more than his. I’m flying business, he’s in emailer economy on the same flight. I’m staying at 4 and 5 Star Hotels, he’ s budgeting. The difference is how I enjoy traveling vs how he enjoys it - but in the end, we’re going to the same place and seeing the same stuff. I’ll do this a couple tomes a year, he’ll take like 5 of these and be glamorous on insta...it’s all about projecting an image - and he enjoys it knowing he isn’t projecting reality [/quote]

It isn’t faking to go to places on a budget.  Staying in a 5 Star hotel does not enhance my experience.  I could care less about flying business, waste of money.  Like you said, he enjoys himself and sees all the same stuff you see.  He is projecting reality, which is that I bet he is way more easygoing and fun to travel with![/quote]

NP , you’re missing a crucial element here, these people don’t go on social media bragging about their budget travels. It is curated in a way  that lets the viewer know or at least have the image of someone living a life of insouciance and opulence . So yeah there’s a bit of faking going on there , either the culprit is aware or not .
     Furthermore , I suspect you don’t fly business class regularly and I’m tempted to say I detect a little thinly veiled bitterness in your assertion that business class is a waste of money , these days airlines  literally go out of their way to make travelling in coach as undignified and humiliating as possible and according to your very insightful assertion business class is waste of money ? Bro, you sound pathetic [/quote]

Not the PP, but why in the world would it be humiliating to fly coach? I suppose we all prioritize things differently, but I have a small amount of pity for the folks who wasted money on something so transient. It’s your money to waste, so have at it. I’ve flown business and first class, but it isn’t worth the money to me. I’d rather take two trips than spend that much on airfare. To each their own. [/quote]

It’s an anonymous site so you can pretty much say what you want . However I reserve the right to doubt your claim that business/first class  is waste of money . It maybe transient as you say but it is nonetheless excruciatingly unpleasant.Moreover, people who can afford business/first seats aren’t looking to save so they can afford more trips , so based on your comments you clearly seem to lack the means to afford that on a regular basis , therefore clearly not the target demographic . The idea that the flying experience on a long haul flight ( even short one) where you can’t even move your knees and run the risk of being trapped next to some mouth breathing morbidly overweight fellow in coach is the same as business class where you aren’t reduced to being the human version of canned sardines is the same is quite frankly pitiful [/quote]

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