I am looking to book a 10+ international flight (San Francisco to London) for me and my college-aged daughter
We have always flown Economy in the past, but now feel financially comfortable to do Premium Economy for such long flights.
When my daughter saw the class of travel I was booking for both of us, and the fare difference ($700 vs $1500 round-trip), she instead wants me to:
1. book her ticket in economy instead, AND
2. that I give her the $800 fare-difference to spend as she wishes
I am now conflicted on this. I seem to have 3 options:
1. Do what she's asked. But then I'll be sitting in Premium Economy by myself, and I'll miss her companionship during the flight and feel guilty about indulging. The $800 is purely discretionary spend that she'll most likely spend on something she feels useful (clothes, bags, cosmetics etc) but I feel is'nt good value. OTOH once I give her the money and tell her its hers to spend, I shouldn't micro-manage what she does with it.
2. We both fly economy and there is no transfer of any funds to her. We can splurge a bit on the trip elsewhere, we'll be together on the plane, which I value. However, I can now afford a better seat, so why sit in economy for 20 hours round-trip..
3. We both fly Premium and I dont give her the fare-difference. She has an allowance [we intend to stop this from next year] and has also made some money from a summer internship which should all easily cover all her regular discretionary expenses for the year.
What do you advise?
We have always flown Economy in the past, but now feel financially comfortable to do Premium Economy for such long flights.
When my daughter saw the class of travel I was booking for both of us, and the fare difference ($700 vs $1500 round-trip), she instead wants me to:
1. book her ticket in economy instead, AND
2. that I give her the $800 fare-difference to spend as she wishes
I am now conflicted on this. I seem to have 3 options:
1. Do what she's asked. But then I'll be sitting in Premium Economy by myself, and I'll miss her companionship during the flight and feel guilty about indulging. The $800 is purely discretionary spend that she'll most likely spend on something she feels useful (clothes, bags, cosmetics etc) but I feel is'nt good value. OTOH once I give her the money and tell her its hers to spend, I shouldn't micro-manage what she does with it.
2. We both fly economy and there is no transfer of any funds to her. We can splurge a bit on the trip elsewhere, we'll be together on the plane, which I value. However, I can now afford a better seat, so why sit in economy for 20 hours round-trip..
3. We both fly Premium and I dont give her the fare-difference. She has an allowance [we intend to stop this from next year] and has also made some money from a summer internship which should all easily cover all her regular discretionary expenses for the year.
What do you advise?
Statistics: Posted by carloslando — Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:57 pm — Replies 23 — Views 580