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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever flown First Class? [View all]pitohui
(20,564 posts)49. it might be the other way round
there was a period there where if you got upgraded to first class then for some reason you also got upgraded for additional screening
i'm glad they got over that, because i'm pretty good at getting upgrades and the SSSI was getting pretty old..although yes i'll tolerate the bullshit for the upgrades but i wish they'd figure out that we've done this dance before and i'm STILL not a terrorist or a drug dealer
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A couple hours of slightly more tolerable conditions for a premium that may or may not be worth it.
Scuba
Jun 2012
#1
I used a bunch of airline points to fly first class to Ireland. We flew on
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2012
#2
It's worth it for a flight of longer than 3-4 hours, IMO. It's the way flying should be.
Brickbat
Jun 2012
#10
I've been selected for additional screening at least eleven times out of the
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2012
#56
Yes--I have only paid for it once (and that was a flight from Japan to USA, years ago)
MADem
Jun 2012
#17
I could NEVER justify the expense. I would gladly suffer 1,2, 10 hrs of discomfort...
MiddleFingerMom
Jun 2012
#22
If you're just flying a short distance - say, Dulles to London or something (5 hours or so), save
Flaxbee
Jun 2012
#32
I grew up with the wealthy. My family was cool but I didn't like the rich highschoolers I knew, and
applegrove
Jun 2012
#52
I went to Europe (twice) on my brother's frequent flyer miles, once in Raffles class,
kcass1954
Jun 2012
#41