Good god, flying first class ROCKS.

[The Suit]

Don't ever fly netjets.
You'll cry when you have to climb aboard with the "normals" after that.

Not if you were paying for the NetJet.

[Free Range Lobster]

Not if you were paying for the NetJet.

You there!
No lip from you.
Go back to going out of business or something! Jeeze!

[Odin]

It's hard work to stay out of buisness.

[The Suit]

It's hard work to stay out of buisness.

It's the kind of thing you have to take a break from every once in a while.

[Odin]

It's almost "Risky Business" but then it would be time for a "Cocktail"

[AsheanMT]

[Free Range Lobster]

It's the kind of thing you have to take a break from every once in a while.

Harsh man, very harsh.
I'll light a candle for you at La Salette and not pay.

[Odin]

I'll light a candle for you at La Salette and not pay.

Jesus doesn't take kindly to vagabonds and candle theives.

Say 40 hail marys, 1 our father and sing the theme song from Step by step.

[Free Range Lobster]

Hey man, I'd go back and pay if Suit made it out "OK".
They don't give refunds so I'm preemptively making sure that crap works!

[Odin]

They don't give refunds for SINNERS either.

I bet you like to ask the nuns to assume missionary positions as well.

[filthyfrenchbum]

I once had to make a trip from Seattle to ATL to NY to Madrid to Alicante, and it was all first class until Madrid. Extremely enjoyable, although I find the purpose of first class misleading, because if you are sleeping you cannot enjoy the movies, service, etc...
Best 1st class flight (out of only 2 or 3) has to be between Paris and ATL in a 777. Wide seats, steak and sunday, and the waitress kept pampering me (I was only 13 or so) and showing me pictures of her hot daughter.

[filthyfrenchbum]

Flew back on a new A380 and tons of room almost full recline. BA with their bathtub seats are pretty sweet too. The ones that are in pairs one one way the other facing back of plane.

How the deuce did you do that, do you work for Airbus?

[Odin]

In the on topic area...

I would like to say that on my lanchile flight from Buenas to Santiago I got free wine..... in coach..... IT WAS AWESOME.

that is all.

[The AD]

How the deuce did you do that, do you work for Airbus?

I'm suspecting it was actually an A340.

[skiguide]

How the deuce did you do that, do you work for Airbus?

http://www.seatguru.com/

had a first class upgrade this morning, which was so sweet, since I was SO TIRED, and needed to catch some zzz's..

tossed on the eyemask, and literally curled up in the seat, which was good cuz at one point, my window-side partner got up to go, and was able to slide by without me knowing till he came back.

[DougW]

I'm suspecting it was actually an A340.

Your are correct it was a A340 , my mistake

[skifishbum]

Back in the glory days of airtravel, when they were all making good bucks.
Pre frequent flier miles, you had to wear a coat and tie to nonrev, which I despised, but you almost always got to sit up front. Nothing like starting/ending the vacation w/ a 1/2 dozen or so bloody marys. The food upgrade back then was significant. Now days unless it's a redeye coming back from AK or early am flight I feel blessed just to get a seat.

[mnflyfish]

dear lord. I can't even stand taking the city buses to and fro class. I swear to go the strangest people ride the M15. I've also walked home 40 blocks and BEATEN the M11.

I've been on that bus (I believe, it's been almost 20 years) and feel your pain. As a new grad from MN on his first trip to New York trying to make it in the big city, this was one of the main reasons I got on a plane back to MN. Of course that was before they started making an effort at cleaning up the subway and I was told the bus system was the safe route. Wow I saw some freaks that still haunt my nightmares.

Hey, nice marathon time!

Jay

[hop]

Odin, free wine in coach on int'l flights is pretty standard issue, or at least that's my experience.

[smitchell333]

I got hooked on the International Business Class when working an international sales job where I was able to upgrade on flights to Europe, Asia, Australia 3/4 of the time. Really makes a difference when taking 8-16 hour flights.

Even got the upgrade to first class a couple times - I sat in seat 1A on a flight from Seoul to LA. I could literally see down the runway out my window.

Then I had the miles for a few years to take a few frequent flier paid business class trips for free.

Now its quite painful to ride in coach with your elbows bashing some fat guy from Hackensack for 10 hours.

[akrdubbs]

To add to the bus stories -
A friend of mine in China took an overnight bus in China from Tianjin to ... somewhere exotic, I forget where. Long trip, seats didn't recline much, standard China crap (smoking), etc. Anyway, there was a cute Chinese girl next to him - he ended up getting a handjob out of it. Apparently made the trip a bit more tolerable. I still took the plane when I was over there, though.