My philosophy is the opposite. If you give me $100, I’ll stand for the entire flight. A seat for 5 hours isn’t worth $20 an hour to me, much less a “roomier seat”.
I look at flight travel as a necessary evil, and my goal is to get it over with as quickly as possible, and as cheaply as possible.
But I appreciate those who are willing to pay extra for things like special seats, because that makes it easier for the airlines to charge me less, just to get that last row filled up.
I would pay extra to avoid a stopover, but that’s because my time is worth money to me, plus that is one less takeoff and landing, and therefore a lot less hassle and chance for death or losing my luggage.
Airline travel is the most stressful part of my vacations; this from a man who usually loads his wife and two kids into a PRIUS and drives around the country on multi-week vacations that involve staying in single hotel rooms.
‘A seat for 5 hours isn’t worth $20 an hour to me, much less a “roomier seat”.’
Broke my back in a hellacious wreck a few years ago (drunk driver, natch). Never have healed up quite properly, so it’s worth it to me!