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Air travel status vs spouse

Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:12 am
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15590 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:12 am
I have high level United status as well as TSA precheck due to work travel.

When traveling on a trip with the wife, do you leave her for upgrades? I don’t, but am reminded how miserable flying is as a normal passenger. Just got through the gen pop security line having to deal with everyone who has no idea what the rules are (even tho they’ve been in place for 24 years now). Then had to get dressed again and repack all my stuff back.

Also turned down a first class upgrade. Just feel like an arse leaving the wife to fend for herself.

What do you do in these instances, OT? Avoid the doghouse or tell her you’ll see her when you land?
This post was edited on 9/8/25 at 7:15 am
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
31790 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:14 am to
Better or worse, something, something...
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
10725 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:14 am to
We upgrade together or I let her have it.

Chivalry isn’t completely dead.
Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6799 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:15 am to
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Also turned down a first class upgrade. Just feel like an arse leaving the wife to fend for herself.

You’re not used to feeling like an arse? Because you are in fact an arse. Nothing to do with travel status or anything but an arse is indeed an arse.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27805 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:16 am to
Can't you just let the wife use the upgrade, you know, like a gentleman?
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9611 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:18 am to
quote:

Also turned down a first class upgrade. Just feel like an arse leaving the wife to fend for herself.


Either she would get the upgrade or we would stick together.

Although if I tried to give her the upgrade she would decline. We go together or we don't go.

Sitting in coach next to your best friend is better than sitting in first next to a stranger.
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
10377 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:18 am to
I have a ton of delta sky lounge passes so that’s never an issue

We both have clear + pre check but if she didn’t I sure as hell wouldn’t stand in the regular line with all the plebes.

I’d let her have the first class upgrade though
Posted by Ruston Trombone
Member since Jun 2025
530 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:18 am to
Every time I get the first class upgrade I give it to my wife. Wtf is your problem
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37867 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:20 am to
We put our dog in the first class seat. She whines a lot and we dont like being annoyed.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98718 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:21 am to
My kids take the upgrades
Posted by BEATbama05
Benton, LA
Member since Oct 2008
715 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:23 am to
The TSA precheck is relatively cheap so you should get her registered on that today for any future trips. As far as the upgrade I thought if you bought the 2 tickets together she was eligible on the upgrade with you?
Posted by Helo
Orlando
Member since Nov 2004
4749 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:24 am to
How about spend the $75 for 5 YEARS and just get her TSA Precheck.

Usually if you make the reservations and buy the tickets, your entire party boards with you if you have elite status.
Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
5427 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:27 am to
It’s better for everyone if I use my TSA and/or Clear to be free of the normies, but I’d never upgrade my seat or not be seated with her. That would be pretty shitty.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
5036 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:28 am to
quote:

Just got through the gen pop security line having to deal with everyone who has no idea what the rules are (even tho they’ve been in place for 24 years now). Then had to get dressed again and repack all my stuff back.


I bought my 3 son's Precheck for this very reason. My wife and I have TWIC.

Quit being a tightass.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
147849 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:34 am to
quote:

Sitting in coach next to your best friend
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98718 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:36 am to
Yeah everyone in my family has pre
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
15807 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:37 am to
You haven’t been married long?
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
6376 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:39 am to
I used to sit with her instead of upgrading, now fly private so not not an issue.
This post was edited on 9/8/25 at 8:20 am
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9611 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:40 am to
Hope it gets better for you

Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
7595 posts
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:40 am to
quote:

How about spend the $75 for 5 YEARS and just get her TSA Precheck.


Also most major credit cards will refund the cost of PreCheck
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