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9/1/2010 10:14:20 AM EDT
Hey, I have occasion to fly a few times a year, and I never fail to find the First Class section full. Somehow, this surprises me, because I just don't see why anyone would pay extra for it on the typical short domestic flight.
9/1/2010 10:15:17 AM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:
Hey, I have occasion to fly a few times a year, and I never fail to find the First Class section full. Somehow, this surprises me, because I just don't see why anyone would pay extra for it on the typical short domestic flight.


Airlines upgrade inorder to sell more coach seats

I traveled back and forth to the UK for about 6 months straight every other week and would get the upgrade to business and first pretty consistantly because they wanted to jam more cattle in the back.

9/1/2010 10:19:29 AM EDT
[#2]
Flight miles upgrades.
9/1/2010 10:19:37 AM EDT
[#3]
More room, actual food and 'free' booze? Worth it to me.
9/1/2010 10:21:54 AM EDT
[#4]
If it's a domestic flight, maybe 6 hours or less, coach is fine. If you've ever flown to the far east it's worth it.
9/1/2010 10:22:58 AM EDT
[#5]
Once you go first class it is hard to go back to coach.
9/1/2010 10:24:40 AM EDT
[#6]
coach is fine for me. I would prefer an aisle seat though.
9/1/2010 10:27:32 AM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:


Flight miles upgrades.


Can't, and don't want to, recall the last time I was in 'steerage'.



My favorite thing, is no offspring screaming in the front.   ...and the free booze.



 
9/1/2010 10:29:08 AM EDT
[#8]
Sometimes a good travel agent can get you an upgrade to business or first class for the same price as a coach seat.

Sharon, the ARF travel agent, got me such a deal on a KLM flight from Paris to Amsterdam in summer 2009.  The price I paid was what I expected to pay for coach but she got me bumped up to business class.

9/1/2010 10:34:19 AM EDT
[#9]
Free upgrade on domestic I'll take it, or as part of a global ticket.  First class for domestic flights is garbage compared to even business class on a long haul flight.
9/1/2010 10:36:35 AM EDT
[#10]
On our flights to China $ Europe we flew business class. Only way to go. Domestic? MEH