Woman rages as boyfriend books himself business class flight – but leaves her in economy

A woman has been left outraged after her boyfriend decided to treat himself to a business class seat on an upcoming plane journey – as he left her sitting in economy

When you go on holiday with a loved one or a friend, you usually expect to travel to your destination with them, even if you intend on splitting the cost of travel and accommodation between you. But one woman has been left baffled after her boyfriend went ahead and booked his own plane ticket for their upcoming trip abroad – as he opted to fly business class while leaving her in economy.

The woman said she and her partner are going on their first holiday together since they started dating seven months ago, and they had planned to split hotel costs 50/50, and had agreed to pay for their own flights. But when she asked her boyfriend about his plane seat, he said he had given himself an upgrade – and told her they could meet up once the plane landed.

In a post on Mumsnet titled “Would you be bothered flying economy whilst your partner flies business?”, the woman explained: “For context, you both discuss going to a European city, [agreeing to pay] half of the accommodation each and paying for your own flights.

“Your boyfriend messaged to say they’ve booked their flights, you message to say ‘ok I’ll book mine now, did you reserve your seat?’, and your boyfriend says ‘oh I’m flying business, we can just meet up on the other side’.

“Thoughts?”

And in a later post, the woman added that she now wasn’t sure if she should go on holiday with her partner at all, as she found it “weird” that they wouldn’t be travelling together – especially as they would separate as soon as they got to the airport because they’d have different places to go for boarding.

She said: “Together 7 months; first time away together. We agreed on what days we would fly in and out but hadn’t booked flights together, he used the points from his Amex card for his flights.

“I haven’t booked my flight and I’m not going to I don’t think. It isn’t about not being able to afford it but the travelling together thing, we’re both going to turn in other directions at the gate. It’s weird, isn’t it?”

Commenters on the post were equally as baffled by the man’s actions, as many of them told the woman to dump her boyfriend over his “selfish” decisions.

One person said: “Of course, it’s not right. Travelling together is part of the holiday. And booking flights separately is odd. I thought you were going to say work was sending him business class and you decided to go along but could only do economy – totally fine. But this is weird.”

While another added: “I’ve had lots of boyfriends and been away many times with them over the years and this has never, ever happened. No friends have ever had this attitude either. It’s an absolute deal breaker for me.”

And a third wrote: “I’d not bother going. He sounds lacking in both charm and self-awareness.”

“This is mad,” someone else posted, “he sounds like a selfish stuck-up d***head. Dump!”

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