Originally Posted by
Vegas Vegan
I work with one person who is definately on the stingy side.
When they hear I fly up front, they give me a 20 minute lecture on "how they'd rather spend the money on something else", asks what the cost works out to per hour (vs the back I presume) and so on.
When they ask "why do you waste your money like that", my response is either
- My grandparents came to this country in steerage class so I can fly first class or
- None of your [ fill in your own word ] business
When I have had similar discussions, I have usually upgraded with miles or certificate, and having purchased far in advance watching for a discount fare, so that they may well be the ones who paid more to sit in the back. This is often the case with a colleague, a procrastinator who invariably waits till the last minute to buy economy. On the US airlines, at least, I suspect more than half the people up front will have paid very little for it.