All alone in first class?
 

I'm taking a rare early Sunday AM flight, both as a segment run and to get to a conference that starts late Sunday afternoon.

We're less than two days out and I'm all alone in first. Checked the economy seat map and there are no "P" seats occupied and appears to only be 9 seats occupied in economy.

I wonder if that means I'll be getting a full snack basket all to myself?? :p

Does NW have a tendency to cancel flights because of low passenger loads?

Anyone else ever had the entire first class cabin to themselves?

I once flew an early Sunday morning flight from PHL-PIT on USAirways and was the only person in first on a 757 (when they had the 24 seats up front, not the 8 they have now). It was pretty awesome, but unfortunately it was only a 40 minute flight. The flight attendant up front literally told me to just help myself to the snack basket which she put on the tray table in the seat next to me.

I'm curious what route you're on that's so empty... Enjoy it!

STL-DTW, so we're only talking 70 minutes in-flight max and on a -9, but still beats an RJ.

Once LAS-MSN redeye on a mileage run. It was very nice, made even better by our depature from LAS. We took off to the west, and then turned to the north directly over the strip. It was a great view from the right side of the plane!

Gosh, it's too bad that the armrest doesn't go up on in FC. It'd be nice to put the armrest up and make a little bed. :)

I had a Sunday morning flight GRR - HOU - MFE last Sept. that got cancelled. The last leg was connect with CO. Well he NW was cancelled by the time I got to GRR. NW rebooked me on a CO flight all the way through a couple of hours later. This was fine but the problem was I was in FC on NW with three checked bags, two with equipment at the 70 lbs. limit and the third at the 40 lbs. limit. Needless to say CO couldn't get me in FC and wouldn't honor weight and quantity of my checked luggage. So $130 later I was on my way.
Thanks CO.

Once from MEM-DTW on an Avro. I felt really bad, but I got the whole snack basket and unlimited refills

Yep, CLE-DTW.

F/A watched me intently during my personal safety demo and I paid rapt attention. We both completely cracked up.

Alone in First
 

Happened twice:D First time MSP-MKE. Flight was 2 hrs late and most went on earlier flight which had a guage upgrade from DC-9-30 to 757! Other time was put on 757 which was added at last minute from DTW to MSP to cover MSP-LAX flt which had mechanical problems.^ First flt had about 25-30 in back, second flt had 5!!! Just for the H-ll of it, I was tempted to sit in every seat on the second flt which was not catered except for a drink cart in First. The FA's gave out free drinks to all six of us, but did not "upgrade" the 5 in the back! FA's were very friendly on both flts since they were not overworked;)

Did you request for reimbursement from NW?

My record is five people on the plane -- albeit a Saab and on a Friday morning, they moved us around to balance the load.

Second lowest is 12 people on a Useless Air MD80 on a Sunday night over Labor Day weekend for a flight from Scranton to Pittsburg and the flight back to DTW was oversold -- which is one reason I avoid that airline.

Bob H

Seems like they don't cancel only due to low load factors - but yesterday (12/7) they went to a smaller plane on my MDW - MSP run. (NW1280) Was originally booked on a 757, dropped down to an A319. (180 or so seats versus 120 or so)

8 F seats in a 757? After 24 on a NW 757, that sure sounds like a hard-to-get-to F section!

The emptiest F I've been on was 8 on a 320.

Steve B.

I've had the whole plane to myself. I was flying FSD to MSP and was late to the gate. There was no one at the gate, but the jetway was open. (Before 9/11). I walked down the jetway and the FA said "oh, there you are". No other passengers on the plane. It was the last flight of the day and they said they would fly it empty to have it at MSP. It was weird.

Last year, when NW was still flying Avros MEM-SHV, I was alone once in F and one of two in F. It's a short flight - 42 mins - but I miss the Arvo on that route. I can see, though, why they pared it down to a CRJ.

And now the Avro is gone for good.:(