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@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
As for flying FC - like 3 times in my life, never paid for it myself, not worth it.
I enjoy the bigger seat, I enjoy the lie flat bed (Delta One), I appreciate the food choices, and I certainly like the extra personal attention. We haven't flown in anything but FC since November of '94. The price is not an issue; my happiness is. For these reasons it is worth it to me. I will admit, however, if price were an issue, I would probably not be in FC.
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@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
As for flying FC - like 3 times in my life, never paid for it myself, not worth it.
I enjoy the bigger seat, I enjoy the lie flat bed (Delta One), I appreciate the food choices, and I certainly like the extra personal attention. We haven't flown in anything but FC since November of '94. The price is not an issue; my happiness is. For these reasons it is worth it to me. I will admit, however, if price were an issue, I would probably not be in FC.
The price is not an issue - ya must be part of the 0.1%... FC is normally 3x a non FC seat inside the US - no clue outside. And international it's more like 10x or more.
There was a thread on here a few years ago that showed how FC on international paid for something like 60-70% of the income of the flight - and could easily be over 90% in some cases - just showing how much more FC costs over non FC.
If I flew FC, I'd have to limit myself to one trip a year instead of the 4-6 I typically take.
Would I enjoy the larger seat - sure, the food, the lie flat (international) of course - but at the cost of the rest of my entire vacation? nope.
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@JasGot said in American Airlines:
The price is not an issue; my happiness is.
I find the price of FC would make me unhappy. lol
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@scottalanmiller said in American Airlines:
@JasGot said in American Airlines:
The price is not an issue; my happiness is.
I find the price of FC would make me unhappy. lol
What kind of income would you have to have to flip that frown upside down?
I think If I made 3x what I do now - I might be able to pull it off, though because of taxes it might take 4-5...
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@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
As for flying FC - like 3 times in my life, never paid for it myself, not worth it.
The price is not an issue; my happiness is.
Must be nice. I would have to choose between a FC ticket or actually having a vacation.
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@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
The price is not an issue - ya must be part of the 0.1%... FC is normally 3x a non FC seat inside the US - no clue outside.
Dallas to Managua: $125 on Spirit Economy
Houston to Managua: $570 on cheapest available FC (United)
Dallas to Managua: $1,178 on cheapest available FC (AA)Economy allows me to fly for under 1/4 the cost from the local airport. FC requires a four hour drive to a Houston airport to even get an option nearly doubling the TIME of the travel to not be instane! And adding a ton of additional cost and complication.
So for FC from the same airport... it's 1,000% higher and on an airline I enjoy flying less, with older planes. And two layovers instead of just one.
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@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
What kind of income would you have to have to flip that frown upside down?
When I was making in the .1% range, I was nowhere near FC making sense to me.
But there are a lot of factors. Food, lay flat, bigger seats... all nice but their value to me is dollars, not thousands of dollars. If I get FC for $20, heck yeah, I'm all over that on a flight of any length. But for $100, probably not.
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@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
Must be nice. I would have to choose between a FC ticket or actually having a vacation.
With FC... the flight IS the vacation!
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Some people really have issues with the seats, food, drinks, and other factors on a flight. I do not. I'm so ridiculously comfy on flights that I won't even pay for seat assignments. I get middle seats regularly in economy and I don't really care. On all my flights this past week (four) I took the middle every time so that my traveling partner could have the non-middle seat. All the same to me. I'm just going to close my eyes and relax anyway.
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I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
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@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
Managua!
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@scottalanmiller said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
Managua!
How about somewhere with a bit less civil unrest?
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@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
@scottalanmiller said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
Managua!
How about somewhere with a bit less civil unrest?
Meh. Nica is crazy safe. Even with the civil unrest it is safer than much of the US.
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@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
How about dinner and drinks in Key West? I would be willing to do that.
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@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
How about dinner and drinks in Key West? I would be willing to do that.
Let's GO!
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@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
How about dinner and drinks in Key West? I would be willing to do that.
I can be there in several hours
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@IRJ said in American Airlines:
@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
How about dinner and drinks in Key West? I would be willing to do that.
I can be there in several hours
OH? did he send you your ticket already?
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@Dashrender said in American Airlines:
@IRJ said in American Airlines:
@JasGot said in American Airlines:
@RojoLoco said in American Airlines:
I think the point here is that @JasGot can afford to take us ALL on vacation, first class of course. Where are we going?
How about dinner and drinks in Key West? I would be willing to do that.
I can be there in several hours
OH? did he send you your ticket already?
I'll drive
