My only two 747 flights were for the AKL mistake fare on UA. I managed to get the upper deck on both, so I'm a lower deck virgin. Although I might have gone to at least lower deck first base by walking downstairs on one of those two flights to use the lower deck lav in flight while the pilots had the upper deck lavs tied up. Of course that also resulted in me being scolded by a lower deck C FA who didn't like the fact I had left my assigned cabin — even though the lower deck lav I used was technically in the same class of service. :rolleyes:

Wow, I'm done with work several hours early today.

The 744 is one of my favorites. I didn't get my first ride on one until about 2004, when I took a ride with VS in Y, followed shortly thereafter by KL's combi AMS-IAH (also in Y). Since then, I did everything I could to stick to premium cabins on 744s:

UA F x1
UA C x1
LH F x3
TG F x1
TG C x1

Fantastic flights, all of them.

I haven't been a 747 virgin in a long time. Spent many a flight on the lower deal of CO's 747 when it was the real First Class cabin and some time on the upper deal when it was the real Business Class. I've even flown UA's upper deck from DEN to HNL as a real passenger.

When UA received their first 747-400, I took a tour of that aircraft and spent some time in the tail crew rest area. Very cool space.

Back in February, I managed to secure TWO SaverPass Rewards on Virgin in Upper Class :D:D:D. They were booked for October on the 747 ^, but then they had a schedule change and the aircraft was changed to the A340-600 :(. I was really looking forward to flying in the upper deck on the 747. A month or two ago I needed to change the dates for my London trip to March, and I could not believe it, but the first dates I picked out had SaverPass availability on VS and I booked it, just before that ridiculous $150 change fee went into effect. However, the new flights in March are also on the A340-600, not the 747.

So now, somehow my mission is to get myself into the front cabin of a 747 in 2009.

I am not sure what we have planned yet, I leave that for the S/O. My responsibilities are booking airfare, rental car and hotel, obviously for point collecting. The S/O is in charge of the itinerary once we get there. It is a happy balance of power. Once we finally get down to SAN and figure out what we are doing, I will send you a pm, that’s if the S/O lets me bring the computer.

I've flown UA alot; so I've spent quite a bit of time on the upper deck; the only time I've been in the lower deck was when I'd fly first. Back when BR had first; they had first in the upper deck which was great - my favorite upper deck experiences.

My VS flight in Upper Class was on the lower level on the 747, upstairs was Prem Econ Only
My upper deck experience:
SQ C x 4
TG C x 1
QF C X 4
LH F - Jan 09
Pan Am and Aerolineas Arg when I was little , and i fell down the stairs :mad:

The pieces of the puzzle are all finally starting to come together...

I managed to stick my fingers in electrical sockets and eat poisonous plants on a regular basis when I was little, or so I've been told...

and here I thought falling down the stairs of a 747 was a common thing for little kids :D

I've only had 4 trips on a 747:

LAX-MEL on QF upstairs.
SYD-LAX on QF upstairs.
AMS-JNB on KL downstairs in the nose.
JNB-AMS on KL downstairs in the nose.

All of these were great flights - QF was my first-ever business class flights. On AMS - we got the cool ceramic houses - all of which are sitting here in my home office.

I get to fly to JAN again this weekend. :rolleyes:

Just an update to this...

The deal is officially dead and National has adjusted the price on reservations made with this coupon. The 2 reservations I made with this coupon have gone up in price (one of them by over $70) and I received no notification from National! :td:

My assistant just sent a spreadsheet to a client she shouldn't have. I'm about to lose it.