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Of course, the airlines enjoy advertising their First Class cabins on their widebody jets...but for the rest of us on shorter flights (say, under 6 hours / under 3000 miles), it's another story. Most of the transcontinental or inter-regional flights do not have lie-flat seating, or enclosed personal space with all those trimmings, let alone a meal anymore. To be fair, it's not even an true F/A/J/B-class $2000 ticket, it's usually a $300-600 fare in some lower-tier economy class with a free upgrade presented in the order of one's loyalty status.
Not that I'm complaining, but I get the free drinks / unlimited snacks (no waiting), more seat pitch, width, and legroom. On some flights, at certain times and at just the right distances, they give you an actual meal. Which is all quite good enough; I would get quickly spoiled by the chance to take a real nap on a 90-minute jump, and then worry about clearing the upgrade process if I was dog tired.
As for the meals, they've improved past the stale comedians' joke, but you still get snobs who complain like little children because it didn't meet their demanding standards. While most of the people "sitting in F" are friendly (most of them are frequent flier upgrades like myself - it's probably never 100% monetized), there's always one or two passengers who remind me that snobs really deserve lavatory seats, at best (utter moaners, will judge you on appearances, cut every line, et al).
All in all, it's a nice treat to get to board first, after being subjected to longer lines for several months straight (and I still do, if I fly an airline in which I have no status). There is a slight pleasure in "upsetting" some pushy person who can't follow the boarding rules, or scowls slightly at me because they dressed to the nines, and I'm in a mere polo shirt and slacks.
Also, far lesser chances of sitting next to an owner and her little noisy dog.
Not that I'm complaining, but I get the free drinks / unlimited snacks (no waiting), more seat pitch, width, and legroom. On some flights, at certain times and at just the right distances, they give you an actual meal. Which is all quite good enough; I would get quickly spoiled by the chance to take a real nap on a 90-minute jump, and then worry about clearing the upgrade process if I was dog tired.
As for the meals, they've improved past the stale comedians' joke, but you still get snobs who complain like little children because it didn't meet their demanding standards. While most of the people "sitting in F" are friendly (most of them are frequent flier upgrades like myself - it's probably never 100% monetized), there's always one or two passengers who remind me that snobs really deserve lavatory seats, at best (utter moaners, will judge you on appearances, cut every line, et al).
All in all, it's a nice treat to get to board first, after being subjected to longer lines for several months straight (and I still do, if I fly an airline in which I have no status). There is a slight pleasure in "upsetting" some pushy person who can't follow the boarding rules, or scowls slightly at me because they dressed to the nines, and I'm in a mere polo shirt and slacks.
Also, far lesser chances of sitting next to an owner and her little noisy dog.
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. They made a vehicle which was safe enough to SAVE YOUR LIVES when hitting a runway and bursting in to flames at 150mph...
