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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sixteen and fourteen year olds are fine in coach.

I'd definitely put my parents in first class so they are more comfortable.[/quote]

This.

How is this even a question?

Grandparents take priority. Although I think they should have offered your kids more money. Like $250 each for spending money on the trip. [/quote]

OP here. Round-trip business class tix IAD-ATH in August are about $7K, but coach was more like $1500. So my parents went with the cheaper and more affordable option even though they probably wanted business class. Now they want to switch. They assume our business class tix are basically free due to DH’s business travel and status. They could have bought business class tix, but chose not to do so. [/quote]

[b]Well, the tix are essentially free...so they are not wrong there.[/b]

We are going to Europe next month and paying about $7k in our own money for each ticket (jobs without travel).
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Points/miles person here.  The bolded is often said about using points/miles, but its incorrect.  United miles don't expire, and they can be stored and instead used for future travel.  So there is a significant opportunity cost involved in using them- OP said not long ago that it would be over 700k miles to fly the grandparents roundtrip in business- that's worth at a minimum $7000 in future travel for their family.  While there may not have been a direct cash cost to get the miles, they are a valuable asset and thus there is  cost involved in using them.  And should also note that the type of travel OP's DH does to earn this many miles is not easy when you do it over and over and is essentially unpaid labor.  There is absolutely a cost associated with earning them.[/quote]

I cannot make it through all 26 pages.  Did OP say why they did not use miles just the upgrade portion?  Many people buy the coach ticket and then use miles to upgrade.[/quote]

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