I must admit, the numbers do get a bit scary now when we're having to buy 5 tickets. Long gone are the days of jumping on a plane with the missus at the drop of a hat!

Strange though that even when I'm giving BA £8k of my hard earned cash that they want to charge me extra to reserve seats. (sorry, this looks set to grate with me for eternity - I can't help but type that). Needless to say, i'm sure the relevant staff will positively relish the tetris-like challenge of fitting all the family groups of 3, 4, 5 and 6 into the right seats at the start and end of the Easter holidays.

PS - for the record, I drive a modest car and have a long commute. It's the very low mortgage payments that make this element of my life just about affordable. Oh, and I wasn't doing anywhere near as well in my career when I met my wonderful wife.