Get out of my way, I'm first class material now!
Vacation starts, it's 4:30am, time to hit the airport! After 2 people giving us incorrect information we find our check in through Mexicana Airlines. Who knew that you had to follow the American Airlines signs with a name like that!
Anyways, we get there and she says "Oh, you booked through Expedia. Did they give you a seat assignment?" I clearly pointed out where it said that I would be given a seat upon arrival and check-in. After this my first freak out moment occurs when she says "Oh, it says there are no seats available. Let me go see if I can find some for you". After 10 minutes of standing there and constructing what I'm going to say to her in a mighty uproar since I booked the vacation in April, she comes back with our seat assignments. Great! Off we go ....
As we are sitting waiting for our flight I decide to check if I can find any free wi-fi in the airport. I boot up the laptop and find a hotspot, sweet! I connect to the hotspot and promptly get the BSoD. Not good. I reboot and choose safe mode, same thing. Nothing I can do can get me into the laptop. Lucky for me it's a Thinkpad which has some partition out there which allows me to reload the entire system without needing a CD. My GF and I hear our names over the loudspeaker and to please come to the gate terminal desk. At this point I'm worried as, well, usually they don't call your name for anything good. The clerk at the desk asks us for our boarding passes. He takes them, writes something on them, and then gives us 2 different tickets saying "These are your new boarding passes. Congratulations, you've been upgraded". At this point I'm so confused as the transaction happened in about 1.5 seconds, but then I realize as I look at our tickets, row 2! Since I can't speak spanish I am confused if we actually are first class as the ticket says "Clase de executivo (or something like that)". When they start boarding they ask for First class passengers, rows 1-3. WOOHOO!! I'm first class baby!
Now, I've never flown first class before as the price was always too high. At this point I won't complain as it makes the 4hr flight from CT to Cancun that much more bearable. As I sit in the seat once boarded I realize how nice it is to have seats 2 wide instead of 3. The seats are big and you get a nice pillow and blanket. Before we even take off we are asked if we want a drink, and we don't have to pay for it! I got some wine and enjoyed the heck out of it. 9am wine is great 
We got a menu of great food, much better than the pretzels they normally give you.
So that's it. I now consider myself first class. I currently reside at the Royal in Cancun which is an all-inclusive resort. I don't plan on ever leaving. I don't know how I'm going to convince the resort I'm going to stay for good as I don't think my bank account could handle more than another few days here! It's not the cheapest but people are great, friendly, and the ability to walk up to a bar and get a drink without paying is the greatest thing ever! I'm currently overlooking the .. uhh ... Gulf of Mexico I guess (My geography is terrible!) and listening to an iPod on a Bose stereo, all provided to us. Here is a link to some pictures of the trip so far. We are on day 2 and have 3 to go. I'll probably upload more pictures during the week also, when I'm not busy making drinks from the in-room mini bar which is also included
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=bjdlr6qm.6vve1gkq&x=0&y=-ivtn63&loca...
AND most all inclusive resorts don't water down their drinks!
Are you at an adults-only resort? (As in No-Kids allowed, not the other kind of Adults-Only) I couldn't believe how much calmer everything was when there weren't any kids.
Come to think of it, that's how I view my life now, having a two-year old.
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*sigh* I miss Cancun... I want to go back there forever!
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Ahhh, Cancun. I went a couple years back when I figured that was the last chance to go there for spring break before entering "creepy old guy" territory. You should try and check out the ruins in the area, if I remember there should be two that are within an hour of Cancun. Oh, and you can't go to Cancun and not stop by Senor Frog's.
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wow! That airline food looks like food! Cool pictures keep them coming, always fun to look at other people having a great time while your sitting in your grey colored cubical.
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Welcome to first class Dethroned. Remember to avoid eye contact with the "coachies" as they sadly shuffle by.
Your first time in first class is a mixed blessing. Now you know what you're missing every other time you fly.
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Those pics make me want to be back in Hawaii.
Oops. Not sure I should post in this thread since I've never flown first class.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
I've been bumped to first class before, but it was just a 1hr flight to NY. I didn't even get any food.
I got a hot towel though. I guess they thought I was a dirty coachie.
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Please stay behind the blue curtain sir!
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Sigh, one day I will be upgraded to first class, then all will be right with the universe. Until then I must content myself with living vicariously through you.
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Business class is where it's at. Okay First has slightly better food and some okay seats but for the price I like business where available.
On two-class planes... yeah, first. Coach is a hell I won't willingly subject myself to.
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The only thing I like about Delta? Automatic upgrades for Medallion members if they don't sell out first class. Free booze and actual food makes a cross country flight so much better. Makes you feel like the airline actually thinks your human.
Not all of us defecate precious medals, Pederson. Curse you and your elitism! I may have to post a picture of myself here!
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Noo! Anything but a picture! *cowers*
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Remember, only by treating everyone with dignity and respect can we maintain the element of surprise for that inevitable day when we wipe our
It's not all it's cracked up to be, dude. Total ripoff. I'm not just saying that to make you feel better as I sit up in first class having my feet massaged while I suck down cold beers.
I rode the concorde to Paris once. Best flight I ever took. Ever.
Glad to hear your trip started out so well Vin. I hope the luck and the fun lasts.
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I... I just need to use the bathroom.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Thanks for all the great replies! Due to an overabundance of my new great love in life, that being electric lemonade, I'm surprised that this post will (well, hopefully) come out coherant. The resort that we are staying at is the Royal in Cancun, absolutely noone under 18 allowed. I have nothing against kids, I just don't want them near me when I'm on vacation
After our resorrt covered the sun from the pools we decided to take a dip. The water was amazing in the pools and the swim up bar made it that much more enjoyable. Baak is by far my favorite bartender as he made sure that we had more drinks (For myself the lemonade and for the GF a mudslide) before ours were even close to running out. We didn't experience any new restaurants outside of "Spice" which had an amazing breakfast and lunch buffet.
Other than that today, my GF decided to get her hair braided. There is a place here called SpaZul which includes any type of massage, facial, etc .. that you could ever want (please keep the dirty to yourself). While she was getting her hair braided ($120 and 1.5hrs later) I decided to get myself a Man's facial. It sounds a lot more fruity than it really is. They first give you some hot towels that smell pretty neat and put them over your eyes and face. They give you a pretty intense shave using a straight razor and then some other smellerific towels over your face. I now have a go-tee that I am not sure even I can keep up with. It was worth the money even though I'm not sure if it was the alcohol that made me do it
As I was typing the Email, room service got here. GF got a steak, I went for the simple cuisine of nachos and salsa. Also included was some guacamole that I had no idea I liked up until 5 minutes ago. As the food sits here I'm typing and I'd rather be eating. More updates to come tomorrow!
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I flew first class back to my Grandfather's funeral last year (only thing available to get me back in time). Two things I noticed/discovered:
1. Coach fliers glare at you.
2. The first class fliers have to put up with a lot of stupid comments from coach fliers. Nothing you notice when you are just passing through, but when 95% of the plane walks past you, there are some real humdingers.
That will be the last time I fly 1st class for a very long time (unless upgraded by the airline). I just can't take the social pressure!
Ah, if there hadn't been trouble with our landing gear that diverted my flight to a close-by airport and caused delays, I, too, would have been in First Class on my connection a couple of years back.
I hear the seats are lined with gold.
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Sweet trip. I've been in hell in the Pacific Northwest, surrounded by nothing BUT screaming children, bad food, and a decided lack of Gin.
On the whole, we balance out to an average week in Des Moines.
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Nice pictures. Enjoy your trip!!!
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Why didn't you have your manservant thrash them for their impudence?
Isn't there a "chastise the peasants" button next to the call attendant button in 1st class?
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Tempest says: "A team hat doe snot communicate and talk to each other about what the next move will be is going to lose."
Mex is my hero = "f*ck it, I'll do it. WE'LL DO IT LIVE."
I warned you!!! Avoid eye contact at all costs.
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Well played!
Rock Band Name Generator!... too funny to merely be coincidence.
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Now that you're first class material, you can't go back!
bnpederson wrote:
Well, unfortunately I didn't get bumped up on the flight back, not even an in-flight movie either! It was awful.
I'm way too tired to type up how much fun I had in a detailed post so I'll say the following:
1) Snuba - AMAZING. Snorking + scuba. The air tank is on a raft that floats above you but you use a scuba mouthpiece thing (very technical, I know) and wear a mask. 21 foot air hose that you are attached to, down in the water for 20-25 minutes a couple feet above the reef bottom. Barracuda, turtles, schools of fish. Awesome
2) Waverunners - more fun in Cancun than anywhere else, don't know why
3) Segway - so ... much ... fun! Got to ride a new offroad model for about an hour. 40 minutes or so around a ranch and on trails, then got to ride along the beach to where we rode waverunners for 45 mins or so, than another 20 on the Segway. They also had a freestyle course on the Segway and a couple dropoffs. They do bottom out if you go over a rock that's too high and on the beach you have to go SLOW when you start. Going fast causes the wheels to spin, sink into the sand, and you will fall over. Or at least that's what the nice welt on my leg tells me!
4) Electric lemonade - greatest drink EVAR! Had way too many of these to count
5) If you plan on getting room service after too many electric lemonades, do not try to put all the plates back in the window yourself. You will drop the salt shaker and salt will go absolutely everywhere (whoops!). I actually took a picture of the salt on our floor, still have to upload it to Kodak Gallery.
6) If you go to Cancun, stay at the Royal in Cancun. It was the most fun of any vacation I've ever been on!
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I've been upgraded to 1st class maybe 5 times before and every time was magical.
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