u/tomahawk_jatt

Hey all - hoping for some advice on this dilemma I’ve been thinking about a ton.

I’m 29M currently working in sports, I work for an American firm remotely from Toronto. In terms of finances, I have a pretty good set up at the moment where my bi-weekly take-home is ~$3800 CAD, and I’m able to save $2500 as I’m currently living at home with my parents (super normal in my culture).

As you can imagine, while WFH is great in this regard, I miss out on a ton of the in-office face-to-face conversations. Which, in my opinion are invaluable. I do manage to get down to NYC for a week or so every other month, which goes a long way, but far from what 3x/week in office might mean.

In 2027, I’ll likely have an opportunity to move over to NYC. While the company will factor in cost of living into my salary, my take-home will remain pretty much the same, except in USD. Our office is in midtown Manhattan, and
I’m a little worried that I’ll go from a cushy savings rate, to things being incredibly tight and saving next-to-nothing living in NYC.

This could be more in the life advice realm, but let me know what you think. Any advice, or direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Looking for advice on work travel, specifically advice on what I should do.

I’ve recently started a role that has me travel much more frequently than I’m used to. Our internal policy is booking Economy if you’re flight is under 5H and you are allowed to book Premium Economy if travel is above 5H.

I’m flying from Toronto to the UK. And while it’s in policy, the Premium flight is roughly $2000 more (over 2x) what the most basic Economy fare comes out to.

I totally understand I’d be well within policy, but would it look terrible on me going with a $3500 Premium Economy flight rather than a $1600 Economy flight?

Our company uses Navan and I can definitely attest to the fact that the Premium Economy flight is compliant.

Am I weird to be worried about such a thing? Is it best practice to go with the smaller fare? Any insight and advice would be appreciated. A little lost as I’m new to this.