<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rmccamy:
On the other hand, a long-haul F award for your vacation is much, much more *enjoyable*, but probably delivers less real cash value back to you (unless you are the type that actually buys $10,000 tickets for your vacations). Spending 120,000 miles for F when the cheap coach ticket was available for $700 makes sense for you because it's FUN to be in first-class.
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>>>> Ah, good points and well made. Here is another one. I am flying Cathay Pacific First class, AA award, LA to Hong Kong to South Africa. I could and would never do this in coach. It is too long and it is not healthy. DVT and all. You would be so wiped out when you got to Jo'burg it would suck!
The first time I flew Business to Asia, could have screamed.
It was just so much flying and it is hard for me to sleep on planes, way more so in coach.
So, just another idea to reflect on. I need First Class for trips to South Africa and the South Pacific. Business on routes less than that. Can do coach for about 10 give or take, but not to go onto another 10 hour flight a day later, I swear I'd go nuts
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