Anonymous wrote:Why would they put you in that awkward situation? I would ask if they can put him in a taxi so he could fly back alone on the original flight. I've changed flight arrangements for myself and family, but I wouldn't expect someone else to pay $1,000 more then then had originally planned.

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One more thing, call the airline yourself. I wouldn't take their word for it.

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Anonymous wrote:fly him back a day early? if transportation from resort to airport can be arranged ahead of time?

+1 Is this an option?

Explore this option. Otherwise, I think you have to suck it in.

The other family is behaving very badly. Its just inconsiderate.

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Anonymous wrote:Let him fly back alone. I wouldn't pay that much for myself. You could put him up in a hotel overnight for way less than that.

This.

How will he get to the airport?

Taxi? Hotel shuttle?

You have obviously never skied out west. He isn't going to a spa in a major city.

There is transportation available.

Rich friends rich lifestyle. Since you have already admitted you will let him go, I don't understand why you even posted this unless it was to brag.

Anonymous wrote:fly him back a day early? if transportation from resort to airport can be arranged ahead of time?

+1 Is this an option?

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Anonymous wrote:Just suck it up if you can afford it.
Not worth the battle.
We were upgraded to first class once and my kids still rave about it,

Why pass up on a life lesson because it's not worth a "battle"? How lame.

But a life lesson to who? The other parents? And what exactly is the lesson?

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Anonymous wrote:Let him fly back alone. I wouldn't pay that much for myself. You could put him up in a hotel overnight for way less than that.

This.

How will he get to the airport?

Taxi? Hotel shuttle?

You have obviously never skied out west. He isn't going to a spa in a major city.

fly him back a day early? if transportation from resort to airport can be arranged ahead of time?

Anonymous wrote:my husband is not comfortable with him flying back on his own, it would mean him staying an extra day on his own which will not work. The family needs to be back a day early because of a closing her husband is involved in. I understand things come up. So happens that day is a very busy travel day and there are no more coach tickets, just first class.

She was somewhat apologetic but also made it sound like no big deal. Yes they are treating him to a very special vacation, top notch everything. As much as it's annoying me I am feeling like I have no choice.

My son is so excited for this trip, saved all his money for new snowboard boots, etc...I just wouldn't have the heart to tell him he cannot go. And I don't see the point in making her feel bad about it, it seems like it's really out of her control- just ironic though that at 48 I still haven't flown first class haha.

Doesn't change anything on your end, OP, but -- the whole family has to return a day early so that one parent can meet a unexpected work obligation? Mom can't stay out there one more day with the kids and your son and take the original flight back? Guess the other family decided that wasn't an option, but it seems odd that dad can't fly back on his own while mom and the kids stick to the original plan. It must be costing this family a fortune to take those changed flights back.

If taking the original flight means your son would have to stay overnight on his own at the destination, that would be a big "no" to me, so I'd let him fly back with the family. Someone said you should have your son pay the extra on the flight as some kind of lesson, but this situation is not of his making in any way -- he didn't change the flights, he didn't choose first class, he has already been responsible by saving for his own new boots, etc. I'd let him go as planned. The host family is paying a lot for "the rest" that they're covering (all food, lift tickets, ski rental, probably other entertainment as well as hotel) so since you say you can afford the extra money, I'd try to view it as as money I might have been willing to pay toward "the rest" anyway. There's no need to penalize your son or make it into some big life lesson in this case.

But I'd think twice before accepting an invitation with this family again, if a parent has work that somehow requires the whole family to alter its plans when a last-minute change comes up.

The other family is not displaying any empathy for the position they have put you in. You have little choice but to suck it up and pay but they should have paid the difference in cost. It's ridiculous that it didn't occur to them.

I have never flown first class and it's unlikely I ever will. I don't lose sleep over it. If one of my kids has a rich friend that wants to fly him somewhere via first class, then good for him. I would not have even be able to front the original $600.

OP, I think you have every right to be upset about this. The other mom should have offered to cover the extra cost for changing your son's ticket. I wouldn't have taken her up on that offer (unless I absolutely couldn't afford the extra $, but that's not your case).

I would let him go, suck it up and pay the extra, and grumble about it here on DCUM and to my spouse.

my husband is not comfortable with him flying back on his own, it would mean him staying an extra day on his own which will not work. The family needs to be back a day early because of a closing her husband is involved in. I understand things come up. So happens that day is a very busy travel day and there are no more coach tickets, just first class.

She was somewhat apologetic but also made it sound like no big deal. Yes they are treating him to a very special vacation, top notch everything. As much as it's annoying me I am feeling like I have no choice.

My son is so excited for this trip, saved all his money for new snowboard boots, etc...I just wouldn't have the heart to tell him he cannot go. And I don't see the point in making her feel bad about it, it seems like it's really out of her control- just ironic though that at 48 I still haven't flown first class haha.

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Anonymous wrote:Let him fly back alone. I wouldn't pay that much for myself. You could put him up in a hotel overnight for way less than that.

This.

How will he get to the airport?

Taxi? Hotel shuttle?

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Anonymous wrote:Let him fly back alone. I wouldn't pay that much for myself. You could put him up in a hotel overnight for way less than that.

This.

How will he get to the airport?