If you buy a premium seat with free food and lounge access, you'll get free food and lounge access, yes. As I mentioned, it is often the case that you can pay m

If you buy a premium seat with free food and lounge access, you'll get free food and lounge access, yes. As I mentioned, it is often the case that you can pay more and get better service in that sense. But when something goes wrong - like they lose your bag - you'll find the customer service is pretty much the same. Possibly there's an ultra-ultra-premium tier where things are different? The real way money makes travel easier, in my experience, isn't that you can buy flights where they don't lose your bags - it's that a few hundred bucks to replace some lost clothes is a trivial matter.