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> it's more a function of cost and class

A notable difference between economy and front cabin is the passengers. Mostly good: pets and kids are uncannily well behaved. Sometimes bad, e.g. more arguing.

I still can find 10$ Ryanair tickets...

The average passenger likely paid far more than $10, so I think their point stands, sort of. I would add that trains for longer than a few hours in many western countries often cost more than the typical price of a Ryanair ticket, so I’m not sure the class difference is very large in some countries.

500$ is a quite average price for the country I live in. Of course I don't mean cheap airlines, only the national ones.