Domestic first class- anything I should do special?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 16
Domestic first class- anything I should do special?
was upgraded for my next trip on AA. from ONT DFW ICT so one longer flight and one shorter hop. .
I know the seats are bigger, you get free drinks and and extra luggage free.
I get one meal (breakfast) on the longer flight.
Anything special I should do/not do? Ask for?
I know the seats are bigger, you get free drinks and and extra luggage free.
I get one meal (breakfast) on the longer flight.
Anything special I should do/not do? Ask for?
#3
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: ORD
Programs: United 1K (Star Alliance Gold) IHG Platinum
Posts: 226
You may want to practice your drinking ahead of time so you can take advantage of the free alcohol without acting drunk. (kidding of course)
In all seriousness, don't expect too much. I was so excited the first time I flew first and was sorely disappointed. It seems to me like first isn't amazing, but it's the way airline travel should be.
However, if you ever get the chance to fly international first/business first, on most flights over 6 hours, it's pretty amazing compared to US travel. Lay-flat beds, menus for meal selection, care kits and depending on the airline, you may even get pajamas.
Good Luck!!
In all seriousness, don't expect too much. I was so excited the first time I flew first and was sorely disappointed. It seems to me like first isn't amazing, but it's the way airline travel should be.
However, if you ever get the chance to fly international first/business first, on most flights over 6 hours, it's pretty amazing compared to US travel. Lay-flat beds, menus for meal selection, care kits and depending on the airline, you may even get pajamas.
Good Luck!!
#4
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Austin, TX - AUS
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Domestic first is still special to me, though less so now with recent cutbacks. Best aspects are the additional width (no rubbing elbows with my seatmate), less competition for overhead bin space, and better service from the FA's (but don't treat them as your personal servant). The first time I flew first (AA DFW-LAX in 2009) it was so exciting, one of my best flights ever. Of course, I'm speaking from a mostly coach flyer's perspective.
Enjoy your flight.
Enjoy your flight.
#5
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
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- don't go oohing and aahing over everything like a lovestruck teenager
- don't take too many selfies ... better, don't take ANY selfies
- thank the flight attendants for EVERYTHING they do ... offering to hang your jacket, offering a pre-departure beverage and/or a hot towel (I haven't been in AA F in 20 years, so I don't know what is and isn't commonly done here), bringing and removing the meal tray, refilling your drink, etc
basically, just be pleasant, and enjoy your 3 or 4 hours in the front cabins
#6
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Just please don't whip out your phone to call all your friends and tell them, at the top of your lungs, "I'm in FIRST CLASS!!"
(Kidding aside, it's been done.)
(Kidding aside, it's been done.)
#8
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ORD
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Refer to the people in steerage as either "the little people" or "kettles as they walk past. Be sure to point at them while doing so.
What IS allowed is to take their bag out of the bin and toss it on the floor if they try to stuff it above you as they pass by.
What IS allowed is to take their bag out of the bin and toss it on the floor if they try to stuff it above you as they pass by.
#10
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Canada, USA, Europe
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Refer to the stewardesses as 'wenches' and immediately ask for a glass of Jack Daniels, making a point of telling them that your glass should never be empty for the duration of the flight.