How The Other Half Lives...

I just realized that in one week's time Mrs. TBF and I will be the "other half". That's because one week from right now we'll be getting ready to head off to Japan for two weeks...on British Airways...in FIRST CLASS!

Way back when, Mrs. TBF purchased Business Class tickets with miles, and then she used her Gold Coupons to upgrade our seats to First Class. Just on a whim, I decided to check out what these round-trip, Basel/London/Tokyo, first class tickets would cost if we were to purchase them today.

28,352.90 CHF or...

$23,967.96 U.S.!!!!

Of course, when we're sitting in the First Class Lounge at Heathrow, nobody needs to know that we didn't dish out cash for these tickets. Yup, I'll just be sittin' d'ere wit' da udder half eatin' my bacon sammitch, drinkin' my London Pride, wit' my pinky in da air.