How much do you spend in retirement ?

Jaco70

fred246 said:

I thought we were on a money saving site. If you want to go somewhere how do you save money getting there. Going business class is exactly the opposite. That would be for the money wasting site.

😂😂😂 Good point.

vulcanrtb

fred246 said:

I thought we were on a money saving site. If you want to go somewhere how do you save money getting there. Going business class is exactly the opposite. That would be for the money wasting site.

Some people on this forum will have detached houses instead of a terrace, are they wasting their money? Some will have an expensive suit instead a track suit from JD Sports, more waste?
Although I baulk at the thought of paying for business class out of my own pocket, there are people who still want it and they come to MSE to find out the cheapest way of doing it. 
This comes up a lot on HotukDeals, a lease car is posted and someone will say "leasing is a waste of money, you can buy a 10 year old Fiat Panda for £500". Completely missing the point, what they should really be trying to do is to find a better deal on the same car and post it.

zagfles

tigerspill said:

chiefie said:

For those that love business class - remember in a plane crash it’s better to be at the back 😂

And dont forget - never sit in Row 13.

We sat in row 13 and the guy behind said "you're brave, I would never sit in Row 13"
I just said that if my row was going down, that there was a pretty good chance his was as well.

A lot of planes don't have a row 13!! Same with hotels, a lot with over 13 floors don't have a 13th floor!

vulcanrtb

zagfles said:

tigerspill said:

chiefie said:

For those that love business class - remember in a plane crash it’s better to be at the back 😂

And dont forget - never sit in Row 13.

We sat in row 13 and the guy behind said "you're brave, I would never sit in Row 13"
I just said that if my row was going down, that there was a pretty good chance his was as well.

A lot of planes don't have a row 13!! Same with hotels, a lot with over 13 floors don't have a 13th floor!

haha, but there will still be a 13th row and still be a 13th floor 😂

Sea_Shell

I think we can all agree that being MSE is about value for money...not how much you spend (or not).

As we all differ in what we deem to be good "value", then we will never agree.

ratechaser

Sea_Shell said:

I think we can all agree that being MSE is about value for money...not how much you spend (or not).

As we all differ in what we deem to be good "value", then we will never agree.

This...

shall we get back to talking about pensions now? I have FlyerTalk for the other stuff 

zagfles

vulcanrtb said:

fred246 said:

I thought we were on a money saving site. If you want to go somewhere how do you save money getting there. Going business class is exactly the opposite. That would be for the money wasting site.

Some people on this forum will have detached houses instead of a terrace, are they wasting their money? Some will have an expensive suit instead a track suit from JD Sports, more waste?
Although I baulk at the thought of paying for business class out of my own pocket, there are people who still want it and they come to MSE to find out the cheapest way of doing it. 
This comes up a lot on HotukDeals, a lease car is posted and someone will say "leasing is a waste of money, you can buy a 10 year old Fiat Panda for £500". Completely missing the point, what they should really be trying to do is to find a better deal on the same car and post it.

There've been loads of threads on the travel board about BC/first class travel, but they tend to be of two types, one where people ask about, or report on, ways of saving money travelling BC/FC; and a second type where people ask "is it worth it".

So for the first type it's as you describe above, it's not a discussion about whether the desired product is worth the money, it's a discussion about MSE ways to get the desired product, perfectly valid MSE discussion. But the second type is exactly Fred's point, a discussion about whether the product itself is worth it.

I've only ever got involved with the second type, but I've noticed a tendancy there too for polarisation and defensiveness where there really is no need. Discussing the value for money of a product or a class of product is valid MSE discussion too, and I think this sub-thread discussion started with disagreement between someone and their spouse as to whether BC was worth it (money or hassle).

Here's an example from the travel board, as you can see it got a bit heated  

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5569656/business-class-flight-to-australia/p1

 

tigerspill

zagfles said:

tigerspill said:

chiefie said:

For those that love business class - remember in a plane crash it’s better to be at the back 😂

And dont forget - never sit in Row 13.

We sat in row 13 and the guy behind said "you're brave, I would never sit in Row 13"
I just said that if my row was going down, that there was a pretty good chance his was as well.

A lot of planes don't have a row 13!! Same with hotels, a lot with over 13 floors don't have a 13th floor!

And a lot do.

zagfles

tigerspill said:

zagfles said:

tigerspill said:

chiefie said:

For those that love business class - remember in a plane crash it’s better to be at the back 😂

And dont forget - never sit in Row 13.

We sat in row 13 and the guy behind said "you're brave, I would never sit in Row 13"
I just said that if my row was going down, that there was a pretty good chance his was as well.

A lot of planes don't have a row 13!! Same with hotels, a lot with over 13 floors don't have a 13th floor!

And a lot do.

Apparently some don't have a row 17 - never noticed that!

If you can believe the Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/8477247/planes-dont-have-row-13-17/

coyrls

I have noticed that there are two issues that set off repeated discussions in this forum: business class flying and buying a new car.  I doubt there is much new to say on either.