Travel Feature
Which First Class Is Best?
Forbes.com editors

Last week we ran a story (see "Best In First Class") on our favorite first-class sections and asked readers to vote on which ones they liked most. More than a thousand Forbes.com readers voted--and who better to know about first-class travel than a Forbes.com reader?

The results were not surprising as much as conclusive. It was clear from our polls that a majority of readers favored one first-class section over another. The winner by a long shot was Singapore Airlines, which by press time had bagged an impressive 320 votes, or 54% of all votes cast in its round. Few business travelers who have ever experienced firsthand its charming sarong-clad stewardesses or one of its famous champagne cocktails will disagree. Along with its first class, its Raffles Class business class and even its economy class have won accolades from frequent fliers to and from Asia for years.

Here, in order, are the results of the poll:


1. Singapore Airlines 320 votes
2. British Airways 224 votes
3. Cathay Pacific 210 votes
4. Virgin Atlantic Airways 131 votes
5. American Airlines 124 votes
6. British Airways Concorde 99 votes
7. Emirates 80 votes
8. Lufthansa 67 votes
9. Qantas 50 votes
10. South African Airways 22 votes



I know SH will spill his coffee when he reads this but so what;not everyone reads Forbes.
Interesting there is no votes for AC;in reality they were not on the list put out by Forbes.