Have you ever flown First Class?

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51. no they were faking it too -- wealthy people don't fly commercial

this makes me a little sad, because that's the way i was on my first flight in first and there's no reason for it

no, the people in domestic first are NOT wealthy, they are working people, who get a lot of miles in for their job, if they were wealthy, they'd be on a corporate jet

no reason to feel guilty that you didn't pay for the upgrade, on MOST domestic flights, NO ONE in the first class cabin has paid for the upgrade (ok, i'm speaking as a northwest and delta flyer and by the rules, northwest and now delta can NOT even sell upgrades unless EVERY frequent flyer has been upgraded first for free -- most of the time, NO ONE has paid for the upgrade

i'd say in less than 10% of domestic flights is there an opening where the gate agent can legally sell upgrades because all frequent flyers (who are owed free upgrades) and then all non-revs (employees) have been upgraded and there are still seats to sell...

wealthy people have private planes and jets, they do not fly commercial

what would happen if you just assumed that the person sitting next to you was also on an upgrade and you started chatting based on that? well, i'll tell you...i can't think of a time when that person next to me WASN'T also on an upgrade