Daily Splatter: Put Me In Coach
As the risk of making everyone hate me (or simply re-confirming their feelings), I need to complain about not getting my first-class upgrades when I fly. I know, I know. Little princess with the heavy flow needs her upgrades. In my defense, though, I fly every week. The only benefit of this lifestyle, besides constipation and chronic sinus infections, is that I'm offered free upgrades. Yet, over the past year I have only been offered upgrades twice and both times I was traveling with my wife. Being the good and decent husband that I am, I declined both times so that I could sit with her in coach. Plus, I'm not yet ready for a life of celibacy.
So it is that I'm sitting here typing this a mere five feet away from first class. As I watch them getting served complimentary drinks and fancy meals with a smile, the bitchy stewardess in coach is tossing petrified cheeseburgers wrapped in cellophane at people. To make matters worse, it's a four hour flight and I hit the trifecta of misery - a new born baby in the row behind me, a fat lady in the middle seat next to me (I'm talking seat-belt-extension-needing, spilling-over-onto-me fat) and the old guy in front of me has his seat fully reclined...and the prick isn't even sleeping.
It feels so unjust that I want to stand up and, with the tears streaming down my face, sing out loud:
"What about me! It isn't fair! I've had enough and I want my share! Can't you see, I wanna live, but you just take more than you give!"
I think I'm turning into a gay guy who is exclusively hetero-curious.
P.S. I'd like to point out that despite this wretched situation, I didn't write "fuck" once during this post. I think this proves that I'm making progress, you judgmental cunts, you.
Comments
"you judgemental cunts, you" caused me to laugh out loud, and I don't really laugh out loud at stuff I read.
Posted by: anoymouscoworker | September 12, 2006 01:05 PM
I don't understand what you are asking for here. Don't you book first class with your upgrade when you book your ticket and then get put on the waitlist or whatever? That is how it works for my husband with his FF miles.
Posted by: Peeved Michelle | September 12, 2006 02:02 PM
PM: Doesn't work that way for me. I book coach and they automatically add me to the upgrade list.
Posted by: CBC | September 12, 2006 02:50 PM
Obviously they don't "automatically" add you...hence this post.
Posted by: DD | September 12, 2006 06:07 PM
Oh, I was wrong. It works the same way for my husband as you described. However, no one really cares about going to Ottawa, so he usually gets the upgrade.
Posted by: Peeved Michelle | September 13, 2006 01:04 PM