First Class Upgrade vs. $1200 Unrestricted Flight Credit?

Domestic first class is a joke nowadays; what do you get, a free plastic cup of sparkling wine and a slightly plusher seat? I don't think you even get free WiFi. The $1200 credit was the right decision.

The fact you were considering means you're time isn't that valuable.

However, all in all, I would have kept the upgrade and likely kick myself for a few months over the flight credit.

Get a blog.

r3 fall into a bog

[quote} They would put you up in a hotel over night, provide transportation and meal vouchers

What hotel and were there any hot guys available?

It's Phoenix, dear, R5

At least you're not bald, bitch!

[quote] The fact you were considering means you're time isn't that valuable.

I purposely chose a Saturday to fly home, because I wanted to get home on Saturday night, and then have all day Sunday to rest for work on Monday. Which is exactly what I'm doing now.

I would probably still be in the air right now, if I had taken the credit.

[quote] I would have kept the upgrade and likely kick myself for a few months over the flight credit.

I am totally kicking myself, because that's like a free trip to Europe or multiple domestic flights!

It also sucks because I'm usually stuck back in coach, but this is one of the few times I got an upgrade.

If I were in coach, you had better believe I would have rang that call button.

[quote] What hotel and were there any hot guys available?

That's exactly what I would have done all night.

Gone on Grindr and look for a hook up.

It really could have been a win-win-win.

[quote] Get a blog.

Ah, the "Get a blog" troll.

Get a life, R3.

If you could turn back time...

Count your blessings you're safely home and can rest today.

You also don't have to endure a long flight back in steerage, probably in a middle seat and, possibly, next to a land whale or someone straight from the 'People of Walmart' website.

Hotels, restaurants, and ground transportation are so expensive these days that, unless you were planning to visit family or friends with your flight credits, you would have easily spent a lot more than $1200 on your 'free' trips.

How did you get the upgrade, OP? Did they just randomly pick you or did you have to spend miles to get it? How long a flight was it? These factor into the decision.

How much do you weigh? If you are a great big fat person, you should ask for more as you'll help them make that weight number.

(This will be a new US flying problem - planes to heavy because all the American sows.)

[quote] we couldn't leave because the flight was "too heavy."

That's unusual for a commercial flight. Were there a lot of overweight passengers? Because most aircraft don't come close to the weight limit even if every seat is taken.

I generally take the view there's no amount of free money that's worth tuning down.

Or more simply: if you saw a dollar lying on the sidewalk, would you just walk by?

I have Concierge on American. It gets you fuckall domestically.

You should have taken the unrestricted flight credit.

When the plane crashes, you're all going to die anyway.

First class burns just as efficiently as coach.

Yes R15, buy it's not really free money, there's some cost to it. To use your analogy, what if the dollar lying on the sidewalk was buried beneath some garbage and you had to dig through it to retrieve the dollar? You would have to decide if it's worth that time and effort.

[quote] That's unusual for a commercial flight. Were there a lot of overweight passengers? Because most aircraft don't come close to the weight limit even if every seat is taken.

Is it really, R14?

Then I feel even worse not going for the credit, because that makes it a rare occurrence, which is probably why they offered such a generous credit.

Honestly, I'm really regretting it now because I can think of all the places that I could have visited, using the $1200.