Would you spend 10% of your monthly income to upgrade to Business Class?

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Flying home from Mexico City in premium economy. Got an offer of £400 to upgrade to business class. 11 hour night flight.

£400 is roughly 10% of a month’s take home pay, so it’s a lot of money.

Would you do it?

I would!

Yes, it's not every day and it's worth it for an 11 hour night. You have good enough income to justify it- it'll be nice as a bonus at the end of a trip!

No, I find premium economy is just fine, a decent compromise between economy business class

£400

Bloody hell absolutely yes

£400 is pretty cheap to upgrade for that flight - nicer food, fizz and flat bed!!!

YES! I have done this before and it is absolutely worth it

Absolutely I would!!!

For such a long flight, and a one off it would be so worth it!

Treat yo self OP!!!! Xx

Definitely for £400.

i wouldn’t

I personally wouldn't. If you have very long legs or suffer from back issues, then maybe.

Absolutely for a flat bed for that length of flight. I used to travel business for work on a regular basis and for me, it made such a difference to how i felt after the flight.

Bloody hell. £400 for business? I’d bite their hand off.

Definitely - so worth it

Absolutely! It’s the difference between waking up refreshed at your destination and having to take a day off to recover. Go for it!

Absolutely.

This

Well £400 is more like 20% for me and there’s no way I would! You’ll still sleep badly and the money will be down the drain.

just think what a lovely WEEKEND you could have away w that money, on solid ground!

No because the business class enclosed seats are a bit claustrophobic to me, premium economy is just fine. As premium economy is already expensive I don't think it's necessarily an amazing deal

Totally depends. What do you need to do the next day? How good are you at sleeping in economy? How much do you need that money?

Personally, I wouldn’t, because I can usually sleep enough on flights to manage (I am short), but if I had something important the next day or was really tall I might.

Yes, for an 11 hr night flight. No brainer.

I wouldn't spend 400 pounds on one night, no. I flew a longer flight in economy and I was fine.

But then 400 pounds is more than I spend a month, once housing and bills are excluded.

Rather than looking at it as a proportion of monthly income, I would look at it as a proportion of your spending. I think this will give a better indication of its value and price to you, and whether you consider this 400 to be a good value for money for what you're getting (more comfortable space, greater probability of a nights' sleep).

depends.
if i was short and could sleep easily on a plane, then no, i wouldn't

That's so cheap for business , get on and book it

Nah, I don't think a comfier seat on a plane is worth £400.

If I could comfortably afford it, yes. But I can't sleep on planes, even overnight, so I usually feel dreadful after a long haul overnight flight home, so I'd give it a try to see if it would help.