Premium experiences command significant price premiums over standard alternatives, but the value of that premium varies enormously by category.
Premiums tend to deliver clear, tangible value in categories involving meaningfully different physical comfort or access — significantly more spacious seating, genuinely private spaces, or access otherwise unavailable at any price.
Premiums deliver more questionable value in categories where the core experience is fundamentally similar and the premium mainly buys incremental polish or exclusivity signaling rather than a substantively different experience.
A useful filter before paying a luxury premium: would the experience be meaningfully different in a way you would personally notice and value, independent of knowing the price tag — or is the premium primarily valued because of the price tag itself.