Originally Posted by
rafi2k6
it's not very difficult to understand, when first class is 10k and business is 3,5k 9/10 you'll "settle" with business class.
plus, the evolutions and improvements in business class seating in the last 10-15 years have closed the gap significantly between F & J. these days there isn't much of a difference in terms of the actual seat or comfort offered. is the caviar and Krug really worth the extra thousands?
we flew first on UA iad-nrt-iad. no krug and no caviar. i think the meals were very close to idntidcal to biz. the wines were $25-30 shelf priced. the ua global first lounges at sfo, iad, and nrt were nice. the lounge at nrt for ana was the nicest. the beds in first were much nicer than on biz class.
the ana nrt lounge had $50 shelf wines.
i would place total value increased at around $2-300 max.