Business Owners – Fly First Class and Save Money
Posted in Business on 11/26/2010 12:32 am by admin
Jaynine Howard asked:
Business Owner do you typically try to save money by flying Coach? I recently needed to book a plane ticket from the North Carolina to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend a conference. Like most of you, I first searched the discount airfare websites. I could not find the exact flight combinations I wanted so I went to my favorite airlines website. Image my surprise when there was a three hundred dollar difference between a First Class ticket and Coach ticket. I know you are thinking “well, duh”. Believe it or not, the cheaper ticket was for the First Class seat. It was $503 and the Coach ticket was over $800.00. But, the savings didn’t stop there. I want you consider these additional savings next time you make your flight reservation.
1. No Luggage Fee – not only did I save $25 per bag but my bag was over the weight limit. I did not have to pay for my luggage or the overweight luggage fee. This saved my business at least $25.00.
2. No Long Line – I did not have to stand in long ticketing lines or long security lines. This resulted in saving me time. Time is money. I was able to get to my Gate and begin working on revenue producing activities while waiting to board my flight. This generated approximately $150 in revenue producing activities.
3. No lost luggage – my luggage was tagged “Priority”. I did not lose my luggage which was full of paperwork to include notes and business cards from the conference I had attended. If these items had been lost or delayed in reaching my destination I would have lost valuable time following up with potential clients and joint venture partners. Opportunity may have knocked and I would have not been home to answer the door. You cannot put a price on lost luggage.
4. Free meals, beverages and snacks. When you fly first class you do not have to pay the normal fee of $7 or $10 for a meal. You also do not incur the $3, $5, or $7 snack charge or the beverage charge. Even if I had shopped before the flight and brought my own snacks I would have still had to spend money. Flying First Class saved my business approximately $15.00.
5. Comfort, ability to work and arrive well rested. Not only did I arrive well rested but because I was comfortable I was able to read an entire book on the flight. I was able to use the six hour flight to conduct revenue producing activities. This netted my business approximately $1000.00.
My grand total of savings from flying First Class was approximately $340.00 for my business. The additional revenue producing activities I was able to complete for my business was valued at approximately $1100.00. When you fly Coach you are often squished into a seat and too uncomfortable to work on the plane. You pay additional fees for your luggage, food, pillow and blanket. Sometimes it just makes good business sense to do your homework before buying your plane ticket from a discount airfare website. You just may get to fly First Class and arrive at your destination well rested, work completed, more money in your pocket and your luggage waiting for you.
Alan
Business Owner do you typically try to save money by flying Coach? I recently needed to book a plane ticket from the North Carolina to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend a conference. Like most of you, I first searched the discount airfare websites. I could not find the exact flight combinations I wanted so I went to my favorite airlines website. Image my surprise when there was a three hundred dollar difference between a First Class ticket and Coach ticket. I know you are thinking “well, duh”. Believe it or not, the cheaper ticket was for the First Class seat. It was $503 and the Coach ticket was over $800.00. But, the savings didn’t stop there. I want you consider these additional savings next time you make your flight reservation.
1. No Luggage Fee – not only did I save $25 per bag but my bag was over the weight limit. I did not have to pay for my luggage or the overweight luggage fee. This saved my business at least $25.00.
2. No Long Line – I did not have to stand in long ticketing lines or long security lines. This resulted in saving me time. Time is money. I was able to get to my Gate and begin working on revenue producing activities while waiting to board my flight. This generated approximately $150 in revenue producing activities.
3. No lost luggage – my luggage was tagged “Priority”. I did not lose my luggage which was full of paperwork to include notes and business cards from the conference I had attended. If these items had been lost or delayed in reaching my destination I would have lost valuable time following up with potential clients and joint venture partners. Opportunity may have knocked and I would have not been home to answer the door. You cannot put a price on lost luggage.
4. Free meals, beverages and snacks. When you fly first class you do not have to pay the normal fee of $7 or $10 for a meal. You also do not incur the $3, $5, or $7 snack charge or the beverage charge. Even if I had shopped before the flight and brought my own snacks I would have still had to spend money. Flying First Class saved my business approximately $15.00.
5. Comfort, ability to work and arrive well rested. Not only did I arrive well rested but because I was comfortable I was able to read an entire book on the flight. I was able to use the six hour flight to conduct revenue producing activities. This netted my business approximately $1000.00.
My grand total of savings from flying First Class was approximately $340.00 for my business. The additional revenue producing activities I was able to complete for my business was valued at approximately $1100.00. When you fly Coach you are often squished into a seat and too uncomfortable to work on the plane. You pay additional fees for your luggage, food, pillow and blanket. Sometimes it just makes good business sense to do your homework before buying your plane ticket from a discount airfare website. You just may get to fly First Class and arrive at your destination well rested, work completed, more money in your pocket and your luggage waiting for you.
Alan
