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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 11:17 pm
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andrewp
 
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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky
The idea to using them on a one-hour flight was to give the kids a chance to fly first class at least once in their life. One of those things where it really doesn't matter a whole lot that it's only a one-hour flight... they can still think that they've flown in F, and that it's something special . And they're not so cynical as us FFers who realize that Domestic F isn't anything too special.

Careful there.... you might just start them on the path of a long and painful addiction for which there is no cure

On the other hand when they're teenagers you might convince them that a weekend mileage run is a lot more fun than that party at a friend's house...
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