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To be the only one to upgrade on a group trip?

128 replies

Checkenberger · 08/02/2026 22:24

I have a group trip abroad in the plan stages with close family.
My best friend works for the same airline we are planning on booking with and has me on her staff travel plan.
I can therefore get a first class ticket for about £200 return
Would I be a horrible person to leave the rest of my family behind in steerage to enjoy a 3 course meal plus 2 lighter ones, full bar, lay down bed etc? Would i be any less a cunt to do it just one way 🤔 or should the trip just begin at the airport and stay together the whole time?

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Bushmillsbabe · 08/02/2026 22:28

Who is the close family? Siblings/Parents - go for it. Your children, maybe not, especially if young.

Fends · 08/02/2026 22:28

Depends who the family members are. My DH and kids? Fine, do it. My mum and sister? No way, you’ll look a right knob and gets the holiday off to a shit start. Huge family group, parents, siblings? Probably not but maybe if they are jovial types 🤣

SnowyRock · 08/02/2026 22:28

As long as you're not travelling as a pair and leaving that person without company, or travelling with dependants who you should be helping with then YANBU.