Originally Posted by
BaylorGirl
Hello,
I'm really new at FlyerTalk, but I just learned that I'm not supposed to post the same question on multiple airline pages. Sorry! I hope I'm doing this right now.
Anyway, I'm doing a research project on the travel industry and am wondering why people pay more for first class when they get to the final stop at the same time, still have to wait for bags, etc. I mean, you're just sitting in a seat that whole time, right? But I know a lot of people will only travel in business or first, so if you could let me know some of the reasons why you would choose that, I would appreciate it so much!
Thank you!
One thing that has sort of been touched on is that most of the people traveling in bus or first class are doing it for work. this is because they probably travel a lot (like flying multiple round-trips per week sometimes). when you fly in Coach once every couple months or so, its not really a big deal how big the seat is, or the crappy meal that they give you (or none at all), etc. Like you said, you just want to get from point A to point B. but if you're flying every week or every other week, it starts to get repetitive, and the tight seats and bad food would start to wear on you.
i don't know how big of a school baylor is, but where i go to school (ohio state), we have classes with 600+ people. taking a couple of these classes is no big deal, but if every one of my classes had this many people, i'd probably go crazy.
and like others have said, they book their tickets in coach, and then either get a free upgrade, or use frequent flyer miles or certificates to get it.
Originally Posted by
abmj-jr
Economy class on any airline for more than a couple of hours is torture for normal- or larger-sized adults. It should be banned by international convention. For a once-a-year flight to see the grandparents it might be ok, as long as it isn't too long a flight. For those of us who fly many times per year, often cross-country or further, it is not.
to each their own. i fly ~once a month or so, and have taken quite a few 2/3/4/5 hour flights in coach, and while not necessarily the same comfort as flying in a lazyboy, i wouldn't exactly call it torture. fyi, i'm 5'11" and a decent weight