Lots of rather wealthy people indeed don't spend that much on travel annually. In large part that is because leisure travel (at least) isn't that much of a priority; and in some part that is because the spending that does take place on travel is of the more "common" sort because feeling like you've squandered money or you've been swindled is not a feeling that is much sought after by most.
And if you look at the travel spending of such demographic, I wouldn't be surprised if most such travel spending tends to be oriented more toward destinations that are not as remote as some may expect.
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
interesting most dont pay attention to different regulations for general aviation
as noted re "otherwise" - can be even less regulation for flights 'by' owners
I know some people who are in a pickle of a situation: fly "private" and most probably be spared the worst of the hassles of dealing with the TSA (and perhaps even the CBP); or fly common carriers and be spared the risk of flight operations subject to different/lesser regulation. An "upper class" travel "problem", some would say.
That said, Gloria Vanderbilt/Cooper may have been part of that "cut back your children's expectation to live on inherited wealth" wave and let them live a bit more like the population at large -- i.e. fly commercial.