I heard a myth, which I don't believe it myself... but I'd thought I'd throw it out there to see if there is any such truth to it.



I work for a small pivate company, fly mostly domestic. My airfare is usually expensed back to our clients. I tend to book 2-1 week out.

The rumor I heard was that when traveling international, if the trip is longer than lie 12 hours, that it is a law that one can travel business class.

why I see this untrue, is, it just doesn't make sense or logical to me.

I know we'd love this to be true, and I know that some companies travel policies have this in place, but I can say for sure, where I heard this, this company wouldn't have this policy in place, as they are a small private US based company.

any thoughts?

haha, i would love this to be the case!

Law? I think you used the right word to describe that... a myth.

Many companies (and Governments too) however DO have policies in place to allow Business class bookings for flights over "X hours"... It can (and does) vary...

I would imagine (as a cynic) that many American companies set that limit slightly longer than a TATL flight!

If your company has an "always Coach" policy I think you're out of luck looking for a legislation based solution!

i don't think that "bizznes" an "frst" class are definitions. they certainly have a lot of different letters, and tremendous differences. what if you are traveling from someplace with Y only to california, and then to say hawaii, where there is no biz class, only first class, and pretty crummy at that.

maybe you sue the airline?

or, what if a huge part of your flight is in europe, where biz is only remarked Y, with a vacant seat in the middle?

THe US government has a similar policy. THe US military had a similar rule. Without looking up my travel regs IIRC it was around 14 hours and you could buy biz class.

Ciao,
FH