[mjevans]

Also selling:

* faster de-planing (this, and an assumption that people paying more USUALLY cause less trouble, thus better to seat near the pilots)

* the illusion of exclusivity (more important people 'go first')

* the actual practice of exclusivity (service is provided highest paying class to least) when things run short / out

* First Class, the one time I ever flew it, got meal choices that seemed actually good. Behind them it's always dry pretzel things for a snack flight or some mish mash of global fusion I'd never roll the dice on; or an overpriced stale sandwich from one of the stores in the area past TSA.

[hakfoo]

Last trip, I just packed ham sandwiches and cookies in the carry bag. I feel like a high-schooler on a field trip, but I'm not paying $10+ for box of terrible snacks.

Also, never pay the First Class premium on UK railways: it's the same sort of terrible box you wouldn't buy for $10 on a plane, but the fare premium was £20 on the train I took (Swindon-Plymouth)