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American Airlines To Offer PJs, Slippers, Turn-Down Service In First Class
While the line between riding in coach and stowing away in the luggage blurs, the chasm between coach and first class grows deeper and wider. The latest perk intended to lure people into those first few rows: American Airlines will soon be offering hotel-style luxuries like pajamas and slippers to first- and business-class passengers on some international flights. More »

U.S. Airways Adding First-Class Seats To Some Regional Flights
In an attempt to compete with some of it bigger, consolidated rivals, U.S. Airways announced this week that it will be adding first-class seats to 110 of the bigger jets in its regional U.S. Airways Express lineup. More »

Well-Heeled Travelers Hate Flying These Days Even More Than Us Poor Folks
Lest you think it's just those of us eking out a meager living that are unhappy with the growing trend toward stripped-down flights with a la carte fees, a new survey says that those who can afford to fly are even angrier than we are. More »

Would You Pay Extra For An Adult-Only Flight?
In a recent survey of business class travelers, when asked what annoys them about first-class travel, 74% of them said "children." The respondents are clamoring for airlines to start offering children-free or 18+ only flights. So here's the question: would you pay extra for a seat on a kid-free flight? Take our poll and sound off! More »

Some Airlines Jettisoning First Class Seats
Global austerity has lead some airlines to chuck first class seats out the air lock. More »

Airlines Want Air Marshals To Stop Flying First Class
The airlines are fed up with with seeing armed air marshals taking up free seats in first class. A trade group representing the major U.S. carriers has asked the Federal Air Marshals Service to consider putting their agents in coach. More »

United Removes Passenger From Flight After He Asks Whether A Meal Will Be Served
Over at JoeSugarman.com, Joe writes that on his way home from a seminar in Austin, he settled into his first class seat—he's what United Airlines calls a 1K traveler because he flies over 100,000 miles with them every year—and asked the flight attendant, "Are you serving any meals during our flight?" A few minutes later, he writes, "two armed Austin police officers boarded the plane, looked at me and said, 'Sugarman, follow us.'" More »

United Says No Track Suits In First Class

—>How casual is too casual for an airplane's first class section? If you paid for first class, and a bald guy in a Puma running outfit sat down across the aisle from you, would you honestly feel short-changed? United seems to think it's inappropriate.  More »

First Class Now Includes A Private Cabin?

—> Nowadays it isn't enough for first-class passengers to separate themselves from coach, they need to hide from each other.   More »

The Strange Economics Of First Class

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American Airlines: Weird iPod Wannabe For First Class Customers

—>In the never ending battle to see who can widen the disparity between coach and First Class the most, American Airlines has stepped in with the following new First/Business Class Only amenity: A weird-looking iPod wannabe media player thing. Yeah, really.   More »

Fly First Class With Human Waste

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Fly First Class For Cheap

—>There's no need to lead an on-board mutiny or deploy Macchivelian mind-tricks, here's how you get first-class airplane seats for cheap.  More »

HOWTO: Upgrade to First Class

—>Lifehacker offers up some tips on social engineering (the "cool" and "conscious" way to say manipulating) tactics to employ if you would like to get your airplane seat bumped up to first class. Note too, the comments. Some prefer the snug feeling of a warm blanket of honesty than the plushness of a wide leather site in the front berth.  More »