{"id":29911,"date":"2026-05-15T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=29911"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:27:53","slug":"booking-business-class-flights-for-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/booking-business-class-flights-for-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"NRI in USA Shares Why Business Class Flight is All about Comfort over Luxury for His Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stories of Indians having settled abroad while leaving elderly parents neglected in India are history now. NRIs are changing the narrative, like philanthropist Anil Kochhar<\/a><\/span> honored his father by pledging to clear student loans for 200 US graduates; Amit Kashyap, a Dallas-based techie, took his parents on a tour<\/a><\/span> from America\u2019s Neon City to Niagara Falls. Similarly, Gaurav Sabnis from New York flew out his parents on business class flights from India to USA for the first time in 2022. His happiness for affording business class travel for parents is still relatable in 2026. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In 2022, Gaurav expressed his overwhelming joy through a series of tweets<\/strong>. He wrote that being able to afford\u00a0business class flight tickets<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for his parents made him feel \u201cextra grown up\u201d and that he did not give in to their objection to what they called unnecessary extravagance. The tweets were expressive of his euphoria over securing a comfortable long-haul journey for his parents, from India to New York.<\/p>\n

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He elaborated why his parents are fully deserving of business class air travel. Especially his mom, who feels happy with little things in life<\/strong>, would be the world\u2019s happiest person when she would land from an international business class 777 flight. He tweeted that his father would be thrilled to get a bed on board and catch a good sleep all the way to New York from India.<\/p>\n

Elaborating further why flying in business class is a lot more about comfort rather than luxury<\/strong>, Gaurav tweeted that his mother had been a \u201chardened traveler\u201d since her 20s. Due to his father\u2019s profession as a highway bridge engineer, his mother took many rough, bumpy bus rides with two kids. He went on to recollect how she endured the utter discomfort of those journeys without a toilet for women on highways. Yet, she did never complain.<\/p>\n

As a kid, he used to wonder why his mother barely drank water during a 16 to 20-hour bus journey between Pune and Indore; whereas he guzzled water in plenty<\/strong>. Only after having grown up, he realized why. He remembers the privilege of being male in India in those days. As a boy, he would run out of the bus and pee in a secluded corner whenever the bus took a halt (twice or thrice) on the highway. He rues the difficulty other women, like his mother, had had without a toilet break during long-hour road journeys in the 80s and 90s. He further tweeted:<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst time mom visited the US (almost 15 years ago!) she loved how we could take any random exit off the highway, go to any random gas station & the toilet was still generally clean usable safe. So she could drink water whenever she liked. Small joys!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gaurav Sabnis had actually planned to accompany his parents on a business class flight for his mother\u2019s birthday in April 2020.<\/strong> But the COVID-19 breakout spoilt the plan. Though after 2 years, he was happy to have them experienced the comfort of business class travel by air. He concluded the social media post saying how fortunate and privileged he was to make this happen.<\/p>\n

May the above feel-good story inspire you to book best international flights for your parents\u2019 long-haul travel. Grab Indian Eagle\u2019s $25 discount<\/a><\/span> offer on booking travel for your mother, parents, or parents-in-law, between USA and India. IEMOMTB25 is the discount code and the offer is valid through 17 May 2026 (CST hours). \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stories of Indians having settled abroad while leaving elderly parents neglected in India are history now. NRIs are changing the narrative, like philanthropist Anil Kochhar honored his father by pledging to clear student loans for 200 US graduates; Amit Kashyap, a Dallas-based techie, took his parents on a tour from America\u2019s Neon City to Niagara […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[278,233],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":["post-29911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-nri-news","tag-travel-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t