This October, I shall be flying Upper Class to Tokyo, Japan.
The whole 10 day holiday will cost me approx. £4500, money which of course could be better spent on other things.

I don't care though as I want to treat myself at least once in my life to a kick ass holiday as I'm fed up with travelling economy everywhere.
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 11:50, 11 replies)

valium + gin when I fly
Economy? I could probobly travel inthe hold
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 13:00, closed)

The threshold for considering myself 'rich'
will be if/when I choose to fly first/upper class with my own money. £1000 to sit in a slightly more comfortable seat for 10 hours? You must be fucking loaded.
(Rimmer, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 15:29, closed)

Upper does not equal First Class
It's Virgin's equivalent of Business Class (Virgin don't do First Class)

BTW you can fly Air France to Tokyo for about £300, and the foods better.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 16:08, closed)

Upper isn't First, and is cheaper, but still expensive.
Maybe £1000 is a bit of an exageration: I'm usually offered an upgrade for about £800 per flight, on a flight of that length.

The choice is then between £800 and being a bit uncomfortable for 10 hours. Thats £80 an hour!

And £300 - surely thats each way?
(Rimmer, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:07, closed)

Enjoy
The first time you try it it's absolutely brilliant. The lounge at Heathrow is wonderful. Then you'll have a great time at the bar on the plane and in your massive comfy seat with its electric slidey buttons. You won't want to sleep. You'll be amazed that the stewardesses actually know how to smile, and you'll be blown away by how friendly and chatty they are.

On your return you'll look forward to the flight. You'll now start to remember that you're on a plane but you'll be pathetically happy that you're not back in Economy. You've got a taste of the good life now. You'll enjoy turning left at the boarding door and you'll start to think, "hmm, this is definitely for me. I work hard!" You'll want to sleep and it's brilliant - a stewardess makes your bed for you, a bit like when your best friend's young, fit blonde mum made up a camp bed for you when you stayed over his house when you were twelve and you got a funny feeling in your pants.

Be warned though: your next trip in economy will be fifty times worse than it ever was before you tasted Upper Class.
( Scrumper, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 15:35, closed)

I can imagine economy being the pits after Upper Class
which is why I wouldn't settle for anything less then Premium Economy which only costs a few hundred quid more on any future flights I take. It's what I flew on my last trip to Japan and it gives a taster of what to expect with Upper Class (seats with lumber support, decent menu, couple of free alcoholic drinks, stewardesses that half smile).
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 11:00, closed)

Tokyo, Japan
as opposed to all those other Tokyos?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 16:24, closed)

Could...
...just be making sure we don't think it was a typo of one of the two Tokios in the US.
(TheCastrator, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 18:49, closed)

He could have been dyslexic and meant Kyoto
Then it'd have said "Tokyo, Anjap" and you'd have known something was amiss...
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Sun 31 Jul 2011, 22:27, closed)

Well, the internet is full of stupid people
so I just wanted to be sure they understood which part of the World I was going too.
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 10:51, closed)

Once you do it once
You will NEVER want to go back. I don't fly too often these days but there ain't no way I'm sitting in economy again.
( Snollock Biffer I don't really sniff Bollocks, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 19:29, closed)