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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is a first word problem, but that's what this forum is largely about, right? DH and I are taking the kids(6 and 5) to Europe in the fall. Business class tickets are $20k for the four of us! There is a small one-off bonus coming my way that will be about $15k after taxes. This bonus is unexpected and won't be something that will happen again soon. Would you splurge and spend it on the tickets or would you fly coach. The kids have been to Europe before once and we flew business, but it was half the price. At that time, I thought that business class was worth it because the kids had no jet lag whatsoever. WWYD?[/quote]

Please don’t! I doubt your children are well mannered enough to behave properly in business class. There are few things in life more disturbing than explicitly paying to distance one’s self from unwanted nuisances, only to have those [i]same[/i] nuisances take financially unreasonable and uncomfortable steps to embed themselves closer and into places they’re neither wanted nor belong. Your children belong in coach for the next five years, as do you and your DH, my dear. [/quote]

Not really true for everyone---We took our 4 and 8yo to Israel (14 hours) in business/flat beds.  Our kids were extremely well behaved, slept for 6-7 hours and then watched TV. It is possible for 4-5yo to actually behave. [/quote]

+1 my 2 and 5 year olds behaved beautifully when we traveled from the US to South Africa in business and slept the majority of the time. In contrast our subsequent trip in coach was a disaster as they hardly slept at all and whined nonstop about being uncomfortable. If they are going to act up (which of course we try our best to prevent), frankly I’d just as soon they inconvenience a few wealthy/frequent business class passengers rather than the people in coach, some of whom simply taking an international trip at all  may be something they have saved for for years.[/quote]

I've dealt with plenty of obnoxious grown ass adults in first/business.  Majority of kids I've encountered have been pretty well behaved.  Purchasing first/business is no guarantee for perfect behavior from anyone[/quote]

+1 I'd rather have a kid (not a baby, but a screen obsessed kid, as most of them are), than a snore-y or drunk adult almost every day.[/quote]

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