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<p>Not all wealthy people care about flying in premium classes on airplanes. Indeed, accumulating wealth often involves avoiding wasteful spending, and many people consider the cost of premium classes on airplanes to be wasteful spending. Of course, there are also very high income people who spend heavily, resulting in little wealth accumulation and complaining about not having money despite their high incomes.</p>
<p>Back to the original subject, some of the expensive private LACs (e.g. Mount Holyoke) have been reported to give substantial merit scholarships. Check to see what is available at each school, but make the reach/match/safety assessment on the scholarships, not admission, if the scholarship is required to make the school affordable.</p>