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Old Jan 25, 2014 | 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
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.
Yes, but many would suggest UA first class is "First Class Lite". Try ANA on the IAD-NRT routing to see the difference.

(But as to is it worth the premium ANA charges, my answer would be no)
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