2C or not 2C

[jawnbc]

This is not our question. Because Air Canada confirmed my upgrade to Business Class for my YVR-LHR flight on Thursday evening. 151° lie-flat seat, free toothpaste, and a manservant or two.

Sequence of events for the 9.5 hour flight:

-sit in lounge awaiting the Concierge's beckon
-stroll onto plane apart from the great unwashed
-enjoy a pre-departure breuvage
-miss querrelle
-eat a lovely dinner
-take a lovely blue football
-sleep 5-7 hours
-eat a lovely breakfast
-endure LHR on arrival

Of course, this tongue-in-chic list might have doomed me to having the upgrade lost or the seat full of worms or some other punishment from the Baptist Gawd. Humourless bastards.

[not kidding about missing Himself though *pout*]

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

The idea of business class makes me envious.

[jawnbc]

In all seriousness? Totally makes me moist. And as a socialist it almost kind of sort of makes me feel guilty.

Or not.

Keep accruing those BA points and you'll garner enough for upgrades, no? Being in Oz and coming back here 2-4 times a year meant a lot of points and some upgrade certificates. But most of the certs are only valid if you pay like $3000 return for your ticket to London. Although an anomaly of super-cheap Lufthansa round-the-world tickets out of Sydney meant those certs were good on Air Canada's YVR-SYD flight. And 2 or 3 times we got both of us upgraded for that hideous 17 hour marathon.

But I earned 2 that are upgradeable on the one step from the cheapo fares. I hope to use the other on the flight back mid-July.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

You get over the guilt quickly when you experience leg room and a decent bit of sleep.
The bother is we tend to book through BA to get a cheaper-ish flight and we are only awarded like...a quarter of the miles. So right now it will take about four or five years to maybe get an upgrade to economy plus. Which I would not bitch about in any way. Dude they have foot rests in economy plus!!!!
Right now I am lusting after a trip to Paris; especially now that AirFrance is doing direct flights from Seattle. No more having to fly through London or Amsterdam. Mummy want sexy food and bitchy Parisians!!!!

[jawnbc]

I will pay an extra 200$ to get 100% of the points. In the long run it's worth it to me: I figure I'd pay 800$ for the first 5000 points, but only 200$ for the next 5000.

But that's just me.

Paris, OMG I love Paris! If ever a city has a right to be totally up itself, it's Paris!

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That is something we haven't quite brought ourselves to doing. I suppose it makes sense in the long run.

People warned me when I was going to Paris, "sidewalks full of dogshit, people hate Americans and there are no bathrooms."

No dogshit, no ass-faces and bathrooms aplenty. Maybe it helps that I wasn't wearing trainers.

[jawnbc]

Or saying things like:

"Ya know, budweiser? In the red white and blue can?"

'Oh wow Herb, that little girl speaks French! Isn't she smart?"

"Take a bath, frog!"

;)

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

*snorts*
I probably did seem odd to the French because I don't smoke or tan.

[garpu.livejournal.com]

could be much much worse. I was stuck on a flight to see the Frood (that's from Seattle to Boston, direct flight) with a convention of Promise Keepers. My in-flight reading leisure? Foucault's History of Sexuality

[jawnbc]

Oh fab! I totally would have asked them to pronounce ped er ass tea!

[garpu.livejournal.com]

One of the ones in my row was trying to convince me that it wasn't "godly" and asked what my boyfriend thought of me reading books like that. I said it made him all hot. Shut the guy up quickly. ;)

[jawnbc]

I love you :)

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

Sounds heavenly. I've never flown anything but coach.

[jawnbc]

Yeah it almost entirely doesn't suck. But if I hadn't got the upgrade I'd merely skip the meal and take 2 pills!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Enjoy the flight, and don't forget to pack a brolly!

[jawnbc]

Brolly? Ha! We live in a rainforest: brollies are for wussies! :)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

And your wellies - half the country is flooded!

And please say Hi if you see me around! LOL!

[timbear.livejournal.com]

Ah, good old Heathrow. Dirty, expensive, congested, full of rude disinterested staff. Just like London itself :-)

Have fun!

[jawnbc]

In.Deed.