Why is a school teacher in a FIRST CLASS seat? Probably explains why my property taxes are so damn high here.
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She used reward miles
Perhaps she saved for it? Perhaps her family helped her buy it? Perhaps she uses a credit card that gives her airline points so she can upgrade her ticket once a year? Perhaps it’s none of your business?
That attitude is one of the reasons I decided not to teach.
She saved up miles... 140,000 of them.
Maybe the school teacher is smarter than you and knows that there are sites that sell business class tickets for international flights for a third of the listed price. She was traveling to Guatemala which is international. If you fly international business class, you are first class on any domestic connections.
I often fly first class.
With some aggressive shopping for off peak times, you can sometimes catch first for LESS than the already heavily booked coach prices.