Originally Posted by
MikeFromTokyo
On the other hand, I feel like a fish out of water if I am NOT staying at a luxury hotel if there is a nice one available...
I have also become accustomed to flying in F on any flight over five hours or so that is operated on a three class aircraft. Even a decent business class product feels like a compromise because of the relative lack of personal space and the less personalized service.
+ 1. I always try to get the best hotel. I donīt really sleep well if I think the hotel or only the room is not on par with my expectations. I got problems with my wife when I booked one of "the bigger suites" for a one night stay at a FS were we only stayed a few minutes not sleeping inside the suite because I thought the layout of the cheaper suites (she not even try to get me in a "room") looked not nice enough. Sometimes I think I need a therapy.
With flights itīs getting worse. To be honest I canīt stand flying J if F is available. I know, it`s snobby but itīs the truth. Last time someone told me Emirates would be a nice airline and it is OK to fly it to Australia from Germany. The space would be not too bad. Of course I didn`t tell him that I would not even fly Emirates J to Australia.... So a compromise for me is to do only one trip instead of two.....
P.S. Big problem: We like to do Argentina from Europe. It seems no proper F-options. I try to avoid it the next years....