I board as per usual without a hiccup on my flight from Denver to LA and I sit in my usual aisle seat. Waves of people walk past me for several minutes until the line trickles out and I realize that the doors are closed and I HAVE THE WHOLE ROW TO MYSELF!!
I am absolutely hyped this has never happened to me. I can fucking lay down in economy! Then I look across the aisle and my aisle buddy has a full row too! We high five everything is fucking fantastic.
Then the rub, I hear a guy two rows back ask for a new seat… I very literally prayed to a god I don’t believe in to spare me this night, and let me tell you god is real. I feel so bad for my aisle buddy though because the Kevin ended up sitting with him.
Let me tell you, reader, that is not all.
I set up my backpack as a pillow and chilled for a while before the drink cart came down. I figure I’m celebrating a big win so I decide to ask for a jack and coke for the first time on a flight. My flight attendant, this sweet sweet man, hands me TWO MINI JACK DANIELS AND A WHOLE CAN OF COKE FOR FREE!!! Do you hear what I am telling you??
I am fucking FLYING tonight bois. Not only do I get a whole row to my self despite all the odds, I also get two free drinks, AND IM CUTE!!! Fuck I feel good.
My mom and I were once on a 20-hour flight from Singapore to New York. We were in economy, and there was a whole row of five seats free. Got to put up all the armrests and sleep all stretched out, while the other person got a set of three seats off to the side to lounge in.
We had friends in first class, and I peeped through the curtain to invite them to sleep, but they turned us down. But first class was absolutely packed and the seats didn’t fully recline, so we were much more comfortable in our cheap seats.
They lied to you. Business class certainly fully reclines into a bed if you were flying Singapore Airlines, which is the only airline that fully reclines. There’s no first class on the non stop.
They also have a flight through Frankfurt, first class and business class on that plane (A380) definitely turn into a bed. In fact, in Suites class (first), the middle two seats combine to create a queen size bed.
This was in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, and I’m pretty sure it was United. (Definitely not Singapore Airlines.)