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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over $20 million NW and always fly coach.  We’re a short family (so leg room doe sad Much thanks matter so much) and no particular physical needs.  [/quote]

This is very interesting. I fly about twice a month for work and my company pays for first or business class regardless of distance or destination. On top of this, I fly with my family about six times a year. We always fly first or business class; seems weird I would do it for work but not for personal. I guess I’m only MC by DCUM standards with an HHI of $550K and a NW of $5M. Most of our business class is covered by FF miles or Global Services elite upgrades on United, but we still have a $50K / year travel budget to spend on first and business class, when necessary.

What do you plan to do with $20M in NW if not to live a little. Flying coach is like living in high density, low cost, suburban housing. Do people actually enjoy this? More seats for me and my kids, though…. Thanks![/quote]

BTW, a neat trick we use here is to purchase tickets on two separate itineraries. DH is a 2 million miler on United with Global Services, so he has gifted the same status to me (this is a million miler benefit on United). So, when we fly, we show up as two separate parties, both of which have Global Services status. He will almost always pay $$$ for his own business class tix, even for personal flights, which helps him maintain his GS elite status – need to spend well over $50K+ on airfare to even be considered. Then, kids and I will book the same flights separately using with FF miles into business class or using $$$ into coach with DH’s PlusPoints upgrading us into business class. Works great most of the time, but you need to be smart about knowing when PlusPoints used by a GS will clear for multiple people in advance or not. Domestic between major hubs like IAD and SFO, rarely. Domestic to regional airports or international, almost always. [/quote]

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