Economy good enough for celebs’ kids
KIRSTIE Allsopp has revealed she flies business-class while her kids are in economy.
The Location, Location, Location star said upgrading them would be an “absurd waste of money”.
Last year chef Gordon Ramsay, worth around £35 million (A$60,970 000), revealed he will not bump up his kids on flights and he had been backed by Allsopp, 46.
She says she and partner Ben Andersen regularly turn left when boarding planes while Bay, 12, and Oscar, 10, go right.
The television presenter, estimated to earn £500,000 a year, said: “If I’m going to spend money, it’s on the holiday itself rather than the flights. When we fly as a family, the boys do fly separately from Ben and me if we’re not in economy together.
“Obviously this wasn’t the case when they were little but now they are big enough to sit separately, they do.
“Club Class should be a huge treat you’ve worked hard for. If kids get used to it, what do they have to work towards? It seems like an absurd waste of money and very spoiling. I suspect Gordon Ramsay and I can’t be the only ones to think this.”
Allsopp is well-known for her thrifty ways, writing several books on transforming homes on the cheap.
Ramsay, 51, explained his refusal to fork out thousands for his four kids to join him in the upper class.
He said: “They get entertainment on their iPads. I don’t want them sat there with a 10course f***ing menu with champagne. It is my wife and I’s choice to keep them real.”
The Sun