Originally Posted by
WHBM
There are many people, particularly (though not exclusively) those employed by public sector bodies, who get business/first class travel as part of their employment contracts.
This is evidently true, although I wonder about those organisations' economics. I work for a FTSE-100 organisation as a senior widget-designer type chap, & if I ever booked a business-class flight, I'd face not having the cost refunded at best, & disciplinary action at worst. Longhaul for us is PE unless Director-level approval can be obtained.