It's what they do.
The clintons set major records for traveling on the taxpayer's dime. Clinton probably spent hundreds of millions over eight years flying around the world with over 1,500 friends and relations and reserving all the rooms in world-class hotels.
While college shopping? More than just college shopping -- forever after!
How about every vacation (was the kid ever actually in class?) and afterwards while she was in London. And what about the time that they sent AF1 back to CA to bring her books to Bermuda because she forgot them (this was during the Monica episode when Chels was required to attend her mother and father every minute in order to keep them from killing each other!)
What about traipsing her and her friends off to the Olympics in Sidney and hour tours of China, Africa, SE Asia, and the Middle East? All of them with several friends to keep her company.
They took 800 people to China and 800 people to Africa with them. Have you ever heard of diplomacy conducted with such a huge entourage? This reminds me of Cleopatra visiting Ceasar in Rome!
$409,000???
That can't be right. The math works out to $678.28 per flight. Where can you charter a plane for that little?