Speaking as a submariner, I'm getting tired of folding my body into small places.jclarksnakes said:....Flying first class? Who needs it? It just seems like more of that conspicuous consumption, keeping up with the Joneses crap that is totally pointless. I would actually be embarrassed to sit in first class thinking all those people going by on their way to steerage knew I was totally stupid for wasting good money to get a little more elbow room on a two hour flight. Some things in life are important. Riding first class ain't one of them.
Flying first class definitely falls into my "What are you saving it for?" category, although I'm not so sure that I'd take our teenager into that environment. (Some parental tortures are too cruel & unusual even for teens.) But a seat without a small seatback-kicking noisy child behind me being restless for eight hours? Especially if spouse & I are enroute Vegas or some other grownups-only vacation? Definitely.
As for the coach passengers filing by while I'm choosing between a cabernet or a chardonnay, I'd gaze straight into their eyes with a self-satisfied "Hey, look what I got!!" expression...