There's something I really think the FAs should make clear in their safety presentations.

If a plane needs to be evacuated, I'm assuming they have a special life raft for First Class pax, but how do FAs make sure that First Class pax leave the plane first? Do they actually hold the other pax back until the forward cabin is empty? Otherwise, how could you really be sure you were getting the special treatment you paid for? Also, what would they do if someone auto-upgraded himself to the First Class raft? Do they check boarding cards before you go down the shute?

Another thing I wonder is, say I happened to be travelling in Y but had a gold card. Would this entitle me to use the First Class raft? And while the plane was being evacuated, who would I show my card to and when? This bothers me because I can imagine some Kettles being irritated by my trying to walk to the front of the plane to find a FA, while they were trying to file out the emergency exit. I would show them my gold card and try to explain, but you know how some Kettles are. They might not even know what it was.