Greetings! I will be taking a domestic flight and purchased a first class ticket. Can someone who flew recently (or is a flight attendant) on CO and in first class tell me what I can expect besides a bigger seat? Also, do they do anything special for kids? Thanks

What time of day and what route? that makes all the difference in just being bigger seat, or meal.

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Leather seats with spacious seating (B737 and B757-300 aircraft)
6-way adjustable headrest cover to maximize comfort
Pre-departure beverage service
Premium wine selections chosen from Continental�s world renowned sommeliers
Complimentary alcoholic beverages
Pillows and blankets for every customer
Hot Towel service (I've never had that before )
Fine dining including hot multi-course meal service served on flights greater than two hours
Complimentary headsets provided on aircraft equipped with in-flight entertainment
Fees waived for up two checked bags (up to 70 pounds each)
OnePass bonus miles and Elite Qualifying Miles for purchased first class fares



As for extra things for kids, I'm not sure but I am sure someone can give you more info on that.

i have never not had it, and on CO it is a nice cloth, on NW/DL it is a glorified paper towel (actually threadbare cotton washcloth)

you might get soup.

Welcome to FT, Beaverhausen!

As noted upthread, on-board service will depend on the time of day and route. A midcon redeye will have pre-departure drinks and not much else. A daytime transcon will have full meal service replete with paper menus.

Also, two days prior to the flight you will be able to view the aircraft type on co.com/info. If the flight is on a 737-900ER, you will have complimentary DirecTV at your seat. If on a 777-200 or 757-200 you will have AVOD.

Will it be cheese soup is the real question!

I like the Tomato Basil soup best!

My favorite is the potato truffle soup... Which I believe is on the menu this month! So if you have a cattering mistake and there is none available... I might be on your flight (dipping the shrimp I "stole" off the salads ).

Is there a minimum flight time requirement or something? All of the flights I've be in FC were about 3.5 hrs.

I have an extremely, extremely hard time believing you have never had hot towels. Actually, I'm going to flat out say that I don't believe it one bit.

Well you don't have to believe me, but what do I have to gain by lying?

It should happen if a meal was served on your flight. If there is no meal, there is no hot towel service. On rare occassion I've had flights with meals where the towel service wasn't done; sometimes due to catering error (towels weren't loaded), and a couple of times the towels were there and the flight attendant just never did the service (I saw the tray of towels in the galley).

Last I checked my main flight IAH-FLL/FLL-IAH is NOT 3.5 hours or more

heck I even got cold towel service on an RJ one time when the AC wasn't working on the ground. granted it WAS paper towels, single pack wet wipes to be exact, it was refreshing at the time.

Well, I would say nothing... but it's a very rare coincidence that you so happened to be on multiple, long flights and not gotten hot towels..

Then again, stranger things have happened... I was the kid who always managed to pick out the broken toy at the store and had to get it replaced.