"The best way to deal with the ups and downs of air travel (sorry, couldn't resist) is to keep your mind fixed on the fact that recreational travel of any kind is an outrageous luxury, like caviare."

Not to me, some will drink say 4 pints of beer on 4 days a week - every week. Compare the cost of that - approx £2,500 per year with say 2 comfortable return flights to south America. There is little difference!!!