Originally Posted by
BrianMinn
A few months ago I took the high-speed train Beijing to Shanghai with a sister, and got first class seats to assure we could get a good view of the countryside. Strangely, we ended up in two of the four seats that had no window! We looked for empty seats, but they were all occupied with people either reading or using their computers.
Why would there not be windows at every seat, especially in first class?
You could have gone to the dining car (my SOP, regardless of class). Also, note that first class costs half as much as business class (and sight seeing class).