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[quote=Anonymous]We’ve started doing this. We are well off but not super rich. Most people of our income don’t do this. But we decided that it’s just going to be something we budget for.

We generally take one family trip abroad a year, and one trip as a couple. Business class seems to average out to maybe 2,500 more per person, per trip. So that’s $15,000 more per year in our travel budget to do it. That’s a lot.

But…we drive a 10 year old car, the value of our house is approximately one year of pre-tax income, our kids go to public school, etc.

I’d love to use points more. We are sitting on a huge bank of airline miles. But the redemptions are so bad when you don’t have flexibility in your travel dates (and it feels like we rarely do).

[quote=Anonymous]The thing I don't understand are the people who fly business class all the time when they go on vacation. And pay for it with cash, not points.

Just for fun, I've looked at business class seats on some of the recent flights I've taken and they are THOUSANDS of dollars more. Like some of them were in excess of $10k. For one business class ticket.

These must be some rich mo-fos!

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