How do you book business class flights?
39M, $8M liquid net worth plus a lot more on the illiquid side (pre IPO tech employer).
I travel internationally about four times a year, mostly to Europe and Asia. Most times for two people.
I never flew business class, always economy. To book, I typically just look at convenient cash fares on Google Flights, or if I happen to have enough credit card points or easy signup bonuses I leverage those to perhaps get a “free” flight, but it’s more rare and it’s a lot more inflexible so I tend to stay with 3-5% cash back cards. Even if I wanted to, my total credit card spending also wouldn’t support getting enough points to book eight RT flights in business.
So I wanted to ask: how do you book business class? Do you go through the same process and end up paying the $5-8k retail ticket price per person, or is there a slightly better way? A coworker a while ago was telling me he had some sort of broker that could get him all business flights for 50% off retail, but don’t know details.
It’s a big step for me and I think I’m ready to book something more comfortable, just checking if I’m missing anything.
Thanks!