About 50% of the time I do.. I'm addicted to the warm towels :)

I fly to Brazil quite a bit and going first class is killer. But it also fucking kills the pocket book. I am way too middle class to bur money like that.

I have never flown first class in my life. I mean, hell, what am I paying extra for, bigger seats??

Nah. I'll squeeze my fat ass into a coach seat and hope the three year old behind doesn't scream the whole flight or the guy infront of me leans his seat back to sleep and snores the whole time.

Not as much as I wanted.....

first class......money is not an issue for that-

I love first class, but the only thing that bothers me is that the extra amount you pay is not proportional to the extra amount you get.

In my experience, first class gets me 2-3 times as much space as economy, but costs 8-10 times as much.

just once - by pure accident :)

First class is never more than $500-$750 extra per way on United so long as you buy books of upgrade coupons. United sells them in lots of 15, and discounts to corporations. I jsut returned from Puerto rico and the upgrade was $600 per way and totally worth it.

$500 - $750 each way is a lot for a domestic upgrade or fare difference.

America West is normally only $700 to $1000 total for a round trip First Class Ticket...

I Flew California to Florida for internext and my ticket was only $900 First Class Round Trip...

If I can upgrade using FF miles, I'll go first. But I can't rationalize spending the extra $$ to pay for a 1st class ticket.

I'll be heading to Tokyo a couple of times in the next 2 years and I'm trying to find a way to get cheap business class tickets. So far, it looks like a tough task :(

50 flying first class...

Depends on the price. If I can get a really good deal on a coach flight on sale, I'll take it. If I'm paying full price anyways, might as well upgrade.

Watch out on United though. I flew first class to Austin & the plane was so old...no movies, no choice of meal, nothing. Not even warm nuts! lol

only way to fly :)

Depending on my budget. :Graucho :Graucho :Graucho

i only fly first class

It all depends on where I am going, I would say when I do fly, about 75% of the time its in first class.

About 50% of the time its automatic upgrades, and there are those few times that I either buy the seat last minute as the airline is trying to fill the seat on the cheap, or I can social engineer that space.

Since 9/11 I don't like flying as much as I used to, I really want a private railcar on the tail end of an Amtrak train. :thumbsup