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Nowadays it isn't enough for first-class passengers to separate themselves from coach, they need to hide from each other.
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The Hartford Courant has an article about the odd economics of flying first class&mdash'where a ticket can cost $14,000 for a simple flight from New York to London. Why are people (or businesses) willing to pay that much money for a bit more comfort? It's silly...if you stop to think about it.
How much would you pay to enjoy six hours away from your fellow humans, in a chair that reclines? $1,500 an hour - or even more? And if someone invited you to spend $9,000 to pass a long afternoon in a fairly cramped lounge, munching peanuts and reading airline magazines, would you accept? How desperate are you to have access to 15 movies you never would pay to see in a theater, instead of 11?
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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.
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Matt and his family were on an Aloha
airlines flight from sunny San Diego to sunnier Maui. However, when he arrived at his seat, it was not the scent fresh coconut milk pouring from the gourds of hula girls that filled his nostrils. Rather, it was the smell of vomit.
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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.
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