You can totally control the kind of experience you have while flying. If you want the most frugal flying experience, you can pack a lunch before getting to the airport, arrange your possessions so you don’t have to check a bag and fly on the economy jets available at Frontier Airlines or Spirit Airlines. Your back might not thank you for choosing to fly this way, but your wallet certainly will. 

If you have money to spend, the same goes for ensuring a genuinely luxurious experience while flying. First class and economy comfort plus seats are always waiting for someone to sit there, so long as they pay for them. Unfortunately, there will always be that group of people who feel they are entitled to a Delta Diamond experience without paying Delta Diamond money. The mom in this story is one of those people, and her entitlement is beyond belief.