The Mixed-Cabin Seesaw Strategy: Business Class One Way to Europe, Premium Economy the Other

It can be smart for many to use when Business Class fares are very high and you’re out of upgrade options.

There’s a theory that says that all we really need to know about life we learned in kindergarten. One of those childhood lessons could well be learned on the playground seesaw, where you take turns pushing up off the ground and coming back down again. In the process, you learn that both sides of the fulcrum are needed to make it work.

Let’s apply that lesson to travel to Europe. There may be times when you can’t—or perhaps shouldn’t—fly Business Class both ways because fares are very high or you have no upgrade options. In that case you should consider flying Business Class one way and Premium Economy the other. We call this the Mixed-Cabin Seesaw Strategy.