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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it’s fine. My parents should’ve done this. Instead, I flew business as a young adult. Then when I got my first job, I refused to travel, since I couldn’t travel “comfortably.” I missed out on a lot of great travel experiences.

Now I tell my kids that they should learn to be frugal and uncomfortable, so that they can enjoy their youth. When their bank accounts grow, their time diminishes, and their hips start to creak, they can fly business.[/quote]

I should add that until they were old enough to sit on their own, they flew business. Money is not a factor.[/quote]

Respectfully - I am really not trying to be mean - I think that’s a reflection of you in your 20s (or maybe the values your parents raised you with), rather than a general principle that kids who grow up flying business sometimes, or even all the time, will refuse to travel in economy on their own dime as adults.

My dad had special status on an airline when I was growing up, so we would pretty frequently fly long-haul business as a family. I still did a ton of traveling in college and in my 20s, all on the cheapest basic economy tickets/budget airlines. I loved to travel and didn’t care what seat I was in. Even now, I make very good money and very much enjoy flying business on my firm’s dime or if a client is paying, but for personal travel I still fly economy (sometimes basic economy!). I’d personally rather spend the money on something else.[/quote]

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