[tracker1]

From what I've noticed, first class in the US is usually around 3x the price. As a big guy I'll usually swallow the bullet on cost. I really don't mind kids too much and like chatty people.

Otherwise, I have noise cancelling headphones

That said. I do think I can handle a whole can of soda. On the food front, I can pretty much take it out leave it.

[Dalewyn]

>I really don't mind kids too much

I agree, and besides: We were all that kid at some point or another in our lives, probably many times too. The adults then were patient with us, so I think it's our turn to pay that hospitality forward.

[jordanb]

> were all that kid at some point or another in our lives

I wasn't because my mother would never have sat with me on her lap and let me kick the arm of the stranger next to us the entire flight..

[dambi0]

I presume you don’t recall directly. I wouldn’t suppose your mother would tell you that “yeah, I let you run amok on flights”. Notwithstanding that the general point was a tad broader.