NEED TO KNOW A teenager said she “lost it” on her parents after they upgraded her younger sister to business class for a long flight, but didn’t do the same for her

The 17-year-old said in a post on Reddit that she is upset her parents would treat her and her 14-year-old sibling “differently”

“It’s just the fact that they have two children, and they would leave the other one out when there were other solutions,” she said

A teen girl said she “lost it” after her parents got her younger sister a business class ticket for a long flight and didn’t do the same for her.

In a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum, the 17-year-old wrote that she and her family will be traveling to China later this year for a family vacation. She and her mother will be flying separately from her father and her 14-year-old sister, as her sibling will be finishing summer camp.

“My dad decided to use all of his frequent flyer points to upgrade him and my sister to premium economy on the way there (12 hours), and business class on the way back (14 hours),” the teen said, adding, “He sent a message after he did this to the family group chat without discussing it with anybody.”

According to the Redditor, her mom then attempted to upgrade herself to business class, but didn’t have enough points, so she ended up upgrading both herself and her daughter to premium economy seating instead.

Teen traveling at airport (stock image). Getty

The teen girl said she attempted to “confront” her parents about the travel ordeal, telling them that she thought they could have tried harder to come up with a “fair solution.”

“My father could’ve gifted some of his points to my mom so that she also could’ve upgraded both of us to business class too. In this case, we would’ve all flown there in economy and back in business,” she explained.

However, the teenager wrote that her parents did not appreciate her complaints. “My father just told me that life isn’t fair. My mother said that I’m selfish and the a—— for not being happy for them,” she said.

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At that point is when the teen said she started to “lose it” and asked her parents why it was considered “selfish” to “want to be treated equally as my sister.”

Teen girl and father traveling (stock image). Getty

Further explaining that she’s “actually not jealous” of her sister, but rather “hurt” that her parents didn’t try to work out a fairer solution between their two children, the teen continued, “I think my parents can use their points on themselves [because] it’s their money, and I wouldn’t mind if they only upgraded themselves.”

“It’s just the fact that they have two children, and they would leave the other one out when there were other solutions,” she added. “This truly isn’t about me complaining about being in economy — I don’t care about that. I’m just sad they would treat us differently.”

In the comments section, Reddit users were divided over whether or not the teen was being unreasonable.

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“You’re getting a trip funded by your parents and are complaining about not getting the same upgrade as your younger sister,” one person pointed out.

They added, “You have three years of having your parents to yourself before she arrived. How many things did you get first, or only because you were born first? Why does everything have to be equal to what your sister has? Life isn’t fair, and your parents don’t have to bend over backwards to make everything be even for you and your sister.”

Other Redditors, however, said that they thought the teen’s feelings were entirely valid — and that the parents should have worked harder to try to create a fairer solution.

“There is no way in hell I would do this to one of our kids,” one person wrote. “It’s not about the better seats. It’s being left out and being told she is unreasonable for feeling left out.”

“As a parent, I would do my best to be fair to both my children. If both the kids seats couldn’t be upgraded then don’t upgrade either. [On] a family trip that we took, my parents got the upgraded seats, and my brother and I were back in economy. But at least then neither one of us felt like the other was being treated better. You just want to be treated equally,” said another.