First Class

I fly First Class on Delta fairly often, and I’ve always been used to flight attendants taking drink orders shortly after boarding. However, over my last three flights in the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a change. On two of those flights, no drink orders were taken until well...

Someone I know was flying with American Airlines and had a confirmed First Class seat (1A). While scanning their boarding pass to board, they were suddenly reassigned to an aisle seat in the back of economy due to an aircraft change, likely to a smaller plane with fewer premium...

Hi, After booking a fully flexible Business Class ticket, I am unable to place a bid to upgrade to First Class on my flight from Munich to Chicago on Lufthansa. The flight shows 3 First Class seats available, but the bid upgrade option is not appearing for the outbound segment....

I was on an international Delta flight when a mother and her teenage son were seated in the main cabin. Just before boarding finished, the mother called a flight attendant and asked if her son could be moved to Delta One, saying he would really like to sit in first class. The...

On a flight with Delta Air Lines, I had pre-ordered waffles for breakfast while seated in first class. During meal service, a flight attendant apologized and said the waffles were unavailable, so I chose a different option without making an issue of it. Later in the flight,...

On a recent flight with American Airlines from Philadelphia to Denver, I was seated in first class in an aisle seat. I prefer aisle seats because I tend to get up frequently during flights. After boarding, a couple asked if I would switch seats so they could sit together in the...

My wife is accompanying me on a business trip to Las Vegas this week. My employer has booked me in first class, while we used miles to purchase an economy seat for her on Delta Air Lines. I feel uncomfortable with the seating arrangement because I fly frequently for work, but...

I've got a flight from Singapore to Sydney, as the last leg of a Turkish Airlines booking paid for by work. It's an a380 - 40k points to upgrade to first. It's the last 8ish hours of a 27hr journey - with 3hrs layover in Singapore between flights. I've got about 350k in the bank...

A frequent Qantas traveler who has reached Platinum status and is flying internationally from Sydney Terminal 1 wants to know how early they can drop their bags. They’re used to early bag drop on domestic flights at Terminal 3 (often 6+ hours before departure) and want to use...

Booked Business through Aeroplan and saw a fixed-price upgrade to First pop up after an aircraft change to a 747-8. Paid for it, picked 1A, even got a receipt… but never got a proper confirmation email. Booking still showed Business, just with “First Class seat reservation” next...

Frontier Airlines has announced plans to upgrade several parts of its customer experience over the next couple of years. According to remarks from Frontier Group Holdings’ Q4 2025 earnings call, the airline plans to roll out first class seating across the fleet, introduce...

Got automatically upgraded to first class at the gate today on my flight to the mainland. I used to be Pualani Platinum / now Atmos Gold, and under the old system you had to request upgrades online, deal with expiring certs, call customer service, or use miles. This time it just...

This just happened to me today on Alaska. I bought first class tickets about a month ago for both directions. On my return flight, while I was waiting to board, I suddenly got reassigned out of first class to a middle seat halfway back in the plane. Pretty frustrating after...

Had one of those weird AA moments today. I was first on the upgrade list at boarding but the app showed zero seats left in first, so I just went to my seat and figured it didn’t clear. Then the last passenger boards, looks confused, talks to the flight attendant, and she just...

Was on a LAS to MSP flight sitting in first class and noticed the seat next to me stayed empty the entire flight. There didn’t seem to be any equipment issues, and the flight was roughly 90% full overall. Even the flight attendant mentioned it’s pretty rare to see an empty first...

Flew DEN to SJO in first recently. Got the welcome drink and one beverage with dinner. After that, nothing for the next 3.5 hours. No water runs, no check ins. When I got up to use the restroom, both FAs were in the galley on their phones. I don’t fly United much, so I’m...

Flying American first class for the first time for my wife’s birthday and was excited to pick our meals. Flight is over 900 miles and about 19 days out. When I logged in, it says meal selection isn’t available because the flight only offers a preset meal. Does that mean everyone...

Flying Saturday BOS to SAN. First class only has 2 seats taken right now. I’m MVP Silver so I’m not expecting a complimentary upgrade. Offer in the app is $490, which feels high considering how empty it looks. Do these buy up prices usually drop closer to departure? Or does...