Galley Gossip: A question about moving from coach to first class when there are open seats

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11-13-2008 @ 11:51AM

DJ said...

My spouse and I got lucky on a Northwest flight.
Two HUGE people checked in and the gate attendant decided to give them our exit row seats and move us to first class. Was a nice deal, except we were treated like the Economy class passengers we were. I guess the F/A's knew who had paid for those first class seats and who hadn't. They didn't even give us a first class meal (the flight attendants were eating them in their jump seats). So, my first class experience wasn't the best. We would have been treated better had we kept our economy seats.

11-16-2008 @ 9:58PM

Maz said...

FYI: Those were the Flight Attendant's meals, not yours. They are boarded for us since we rarely, if ever, have time to get something to eat at the airport. And where would you suggest they eat? The on-board employee lounge? In the lav?

Personally, I've always had a hang-up about eating in front of the passengers. Even if I go hide in the aft galley, someone comes along and wants to chat and inspect my food (this never happens off the AC, its very odd).

I can't believe that you got a free up-grade and are snarking about the FAs eating their lunch? And furthermore, some airlines even charge the crew for those meals.

2-01-2009 @ 10:42PM

Tom said...

My only first class flight was not real super. "Since you are in uniform you can sit in coach". After the flight was in the air I was offered a refund of the difference in tickets.

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