Originally Posted by mrtdxb

I am so grateful that I can afford not to have to do so and that I am prepared to spend my own money on J or F. It does not mean I am rich just that on a discretionary basis I am willing to spend the extra to be comfortable on flights rather than save the money or spend it on something else. My rationale was that if I flew Y then my hotel in Beirut was effectively free but even though I kept repeating that to myself on the journey I found myself not believing myself ...