Greetings from the South Atlantic!

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Hi Garry. I would say yes. First of all what killed my back was Miami Airport, it was chaos and I was pulled and rushed around and spent ages on my feet, sat on hard benches and so on. The flight being delayed made it worse. Because of the chaos and rush I did not get to the Business Class lounge with the comfortable seats. If I was not in business class the second leg of the trip would have been disastrous for my back. It was bad enough as it is but I did have room to move and adjust the seat.

On the way back, via New York, I had no problems at all, calm, lots of time in the lounge in comfort and I arrived home in good form.

So yes Business Class, for me, was well worth it, certainly for long haul. If you can get a direct flight, even better. The priority check-in, comfortable lounges with free food and drink, priority boarding, far better in-flight food, adjustable seats with lots of room, glass of champagne, quick exit from aircraft all made the trip so much better.

The fun and joy of travelling, had plenty of it myself, on one trip even had my luggage arrive at the airport before me...
But the main thing is you got to see sights that many of us would love to, and you spent time with your son as well, two bonus's for one.